“Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.”

“The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.”

Northrop Frye (1912–1991) Canadian literary critic and literary theorist

“If the word doesn't exist, invent it; but first be sure it doesn't exist.”

Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867) French poet

“In the name of Hippocrates, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival.”

Luis Buñuel (1900–1983) film director

“Is a fixed income not a good thing? Does not everyone love to count on a sure thing? Especially every petty-bourgeois, narrow-minded Frenchman? the 'ever needy' man?”

Karl Marx (1818–1883) German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist

“I am absolutely sure to be the most democratic man to ever become Prime Minister in Italy.”

Silvio Berlusconi (1936) Italian politician

“There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors.”

Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) American poet, essayist and feminist

“All texts are incarnational, and the climax of the entire Christian Bible, "the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us," is the most logocentric sentence ever written.”

Northrop Frye (1912–1991) Canadian literary critic and literary theorist

“Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power… Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.”

Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972) Polish-American Conservative Judaism Rabbi

“You mean to tell me that Jamaicans invented sugar, reggae and the best drug on Earth and the white man makes all the money!?”

Chris Rock (1965) American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director