I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic- Lisa Alther

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it - Voltaire

No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other - Jascha Heifetz

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior - Henry C. Link
I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room - Blaise Pascal

Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition! The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honour to meet you and you may call me V.
– V's alliterative introductory monologue upon meeting Evey