Someone sent me a postcard picture of the earth. On the back it said, "Wish you were here."
--Stephen Wright

"The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to love, mad to talk, mad to be saved; the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars."
-- Jack Kerouac

What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.
--Oscar Levant

"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."
--Robin Williams

We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
--From Dead Poet's Society

"First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again - and, moreover, give reasons why we believe."
--Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

"When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy."
--Dave Barry