It's not the fall that kills you but the sudden stop at the end.

Whenever something defies common sense, there's usually politics involved. — P. J. O'Rourke

It is the combination of social isolation and hopelessness that leads to suicide.

Normal people consider a self-destructive act based on principle to be stupidity.

In the middle ages, burning too many people at the stake for witchcraft was considered irrational. To burn none was considered insanity.

If God decides to abandon you, do you abandon God?

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. — Voltaire

If Icarus had flown at night, would he have been considered arrogant?

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. — Bertrand Russell

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise. — Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

It's always jam tomorrow, or jam yesterday, but never jam today. — Alice (Lewis B. Carroll)

If you come to a fork in the road, take it. — Yogi Berra

You should come down to the sewer, Ralph. It gives you a whole different perspective on life. — Ed Norton The Honeymooners

We keep making all the wrong mistakes. — Yogi Berra

When faced with two evils, I always choose the one I haven't tried. — Mae West

I've always relied upon the kindness of strangers. — Blanche DuBois A Streetcar Named Desire

With the thoughts I'd be thinkin', I could be another Lincoln, if I only had a brain. — Straw Man The Wizard of Oz

I had a terrible childhood, you know. I'll tell you about it some time. It's a miracle that I'm sane. — The Sheriff of Nottingham Robin Hood

You know you are depressed when you feel that if one more person says, "Don't worry so much" or "Cheer up," you will commit homicide. — Earthmina The Icarus Project