Smartass New Years Sayings

#1. Any theologian understands martyrdom, but only the martyr experiences the fire.

Robertson Davies

#2. The cast of 'Vikings' is a real team, a true ensemble. It's a mad, eclectic, great bunch! But we support each other and trust each other completely. There are no egos.

Clive Standen

#3. You see, that's the fun of Buddhism. We do have a wild card in the deck that can't be explained, that changes value continuously, and that's enlightenment.

Frederick Lenz

#4. The growing role that the government has played in financing and administering schooling has led not only the enormous waste of taxpayers money but also to a far poorer educational system.

Milton Friedman

#5. Free speech is the bedrock of liberty and a free society. And yes, it includes the right to blaspheme and offend.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

#6. Every emotion, from despair all of the way up to ecstasy; from complete Connection to who-you-really-are, all the way to pinching yourself off pretty severely, all of those emotions are about your perception of freedom, or your perception of bondage - every one of them.

Esther Hicks

#7. We had little but we didn't know we had little. It seemed to us that we had much and we were very content.

Aleksandra Layland

#8. I'm always suspicious of disinterested interest.

Robert A. Heinlein