All formal dogmatic religions are fallacious and must never be accepted by self-respecting persons as final.

Hypatia of Alexandria

Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.

Hypatia of Alexandria

Every equation halves the number of readers.

Stephen Hawking

That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.

Jhumpa Lahiri

I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me.

Tahereh Mafi

Nobody steals books but your friends.

Roger Zelazny

I do things like get in a taxi and say, 'The library, and step on it.'

David Foster Wallace

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

I like to say that I'm better than most people. That might sound pretentious if it weren't true.

Stevenvh

Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason so that you can see the difference between a Greek king and a barbarian tyrant, so do not expect to suffer any harm from me. A king does not kill messengers.

Alexander the Great

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Khalil Gibran

Forgetfulness is a form of freedom.

Kahlil Gibran

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Oh, the thinks you can think!

Dr. Seuss

You have to be odd to be number one.

Dr. Seuss

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

Orson Welles

In a world where everybody is mentally retarded the average IQ is still 100.

Stevenvh

I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.

Arthur C. Clarke

La superstizione porta sfortuna.

Superstition brings misfortune.

Umberto Eco

Il computer non è una macchina intelligente che aiuta le persone stupide, anzi, è una macchina stupida che funziona solo nelle mani delle persone intelligenti.

A computer is not a smart machine which helps stupid people, rather it is a stupid machine which only works when handled by smart people.

Umberto Eco

Se non hai mai pianto, i tuoi occhi non possono essere belli.

If you have never cried, your eyes cannot be beautiful.

Sophia Loren

La bellezza è come ci si sente dentro, e si riflette negli occhi.

Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes.

Sophia Loren

Il sex-appeal è al cinquanta per cento quello che hai e al cinquanta per cento quello che gli altri pensano che tu abbia.

Sex appeal is 50% what you have and 50% what others think you have.

Sophia Loren

Non ho mai cercato di rimuovere i miei ricordi, neppure quelli più tristi. Non capisco le persone che si nascondono dal loro passato: ogni evento che hai vissuto ti aiuta ad essere la persona che sei oggi.

I have never tried to block out my memories, not even the sad ones. I do not understand people who try to hide from their past. Each event in your life helps you become the person that you are today.

Sophia Loren