To be beyond any existing classification has always pleased me.

There are a lot of people out there who think that I am their worst enemy, and I don't even care if these people exist.

I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself.

No, seriously, I really don't have much ill-will toward anyone these days; I just ignore the people that I dislike.

I think when I was two years old in the sandbox. I think I formulated my basic philosophy there, and I haven't really had to alter it very much ever since.

I think I feel automatically at home in Italy.

The will to label will always prevail over what's being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding.

I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum.

Well, I use the word Satanist, but I don't know if I ever really considered myself as somebody who's into Satan.

I have never made any secret of any of my thoughts or areas of interest. I've always been honest, open, and upfront.

Similarly, only people as misanthropic as myself can be counted on not to have to lie to others, since we have the unique luxury of not caring what sort of opinions others formulate about us.

I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible.

Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute power.

My impression, is that prayer is one of the most basic forms of magic. That it's harnessing the powers of your mind.

To be beyond any existing classification has always pleased me.

Love dearest sweetest power how much are we indebted to thee How much superior are even thy miseries to the pleasures which arise from other sources

The one thing that's absolutely clear is that Karl was not the source for the leak and there's no basis for any additional speculation.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day.

Even if you don't like me, you know me because I'm just in your face.

What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion.

I like to think that faith has been a part of my life since I was a lot younger. It's definitely a part of my athletic career. I always wear a cross on my goggles during contests when I'm doing something gnarly. It's a reminder that I've got someone else helping me out.

You can't afford the luxury of a negative thought.

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's, privacy.

The kind of poet who founds and reconstitutes values is somebody like Yeats or Whitman - these are public value-founders.

But the main thing is that medication, too, is not all the help.

A man is a man to the extent that he is a superman. A man should be defined by the sum of those tendencies which impel him to surpass the human condition.

I don't travel without a sleep mask or Post Its!

I was too young to ever have fun in the '90s, so I'm always trying to relive what I wasn't a part of.

Once Google is selected to run the infrastructure on which we are changing the world, Google will be there for ever. Democratic accountability will not be prevalent. You cannot file a public information request about Google.

Art is made to disturb, science reassures.

Anything you want to know, you go to Quora and get it. And at the same time, give people a platform that is easy to use for sharing the knowledge.

It was an unknown thing, a lot of people had very bad trips and I like to be in control.

I want to, at the end of the day, be able to say, 'I am a runner.'

If you look closely enough, amid the merciless and the bitter, there is always the chance that you may find comfort and the promise of something good.

The English have a special sense of humour. This I immediately experienced in the dressing room. As I walked with two plates while eating, suddenly a team-mate asked me, 'Basti, what time is it?' hoping I would automatically turn my hand to look at my watch. That's quite entertaining.

A child who is disillusioned abruptly by his peers or siblings being ridiculed for his faith and imagination may choose never to believe in anything tangible or intangible again. To never trust or wonder.

I don't know anything about the film industry. I thought I knew films, but apparently, I don't know films or people!

I've come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting.

I'm trying to be the coach. My actors are my players. They're doing things that I'm too cowardly to do myself.