Arthur Conan Doyle

Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table.

Now I’m a warrior.

People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. You should be an open book, be transparent.

Do you realize that you can’t play the game of life with sweaty palms?

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

The things you own end up owning you.

Wagon Train was on. It seemed to be beaming in from some foreign country. I shut that off, too, and went into another room, a windowless one with a painted door – a dark cavern with a floor-to-ceiling library. I switched on the lamps. The place had an overpowering presence of literature and you couldn’t help but lose your passion for dumbness.

No, I’m not anguished and tormented.

There’s a lot of people out there who go through hard times, and they feel alone. They feel like nobody is there. But I’m in the same boat.

I think I always feel like if everything went to shit, I would just teach improv at a theatre.

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.

Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.

It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You’d wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?

Suppression of progress plays into the hands of the social enemy. Every advance in social justice establishes the nation.

Take the high road, there’s a lot less traffic up there.

If you enjoy it enough you’re bound to learn something.