Quotes

They say the smart dog obeys, but the smarter dog knows when to disobey. 
“Yes,” she says. “The smarter anything knows when to disobey. ”
Amy Hempel

Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?
Kurt Vonnegut

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
George S. Patton

No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time.
James A. Baldwin