Edward Gibbon

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule.

My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.

I don't even know what words to use to talk about the music industry anymore. But the business has changed a lot - the methods of releasing music.