A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.

The biggest trouble with success is that its formula is just about the same as that for a nervous breakdown.

I liked the rain. It made it harder, the harder the better. I didn't see accidents but there are a lot of broken cars out there.

And just then he realized in a flash that men have only this sad knowledge with which to heal themselves: when you lose life, you grow wise. But that is better than maiming life to hold it.

To be beat is to be at the bottom of your personality, looking up.

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.

On Writing: "A multitude of improbabilities can be forgiven as long as enough plausibility has been established.

A fish is a genius in water.An eagle is a genius in air.A fox is a genius on land.A sage is a genius in life.

What I look for is neither reality nor unreality but the subconscious, the instinctive mystery of the human race.

Stock-picking is like gambling: those who win well, seldom bet, but when they do, they bet heavily.

I cannot find any great difference, on the basis of natural reason and equity only, between feeding on human flesh and feeding on animal flesh, except custom and practice.

Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had.

If you fail to honor your people, They will fail to honor you; It is said of a good leader that When the work is done, the aim fulfilled, The people will say, "We did this ourselves."

Live for yourself... there's no one else more worth living for...

Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity.

Gauguin says that when sailors have to move a heavy load or raise an anchor, they all sing together to keep them up and give them vim. That's just what artists lack!