A high standard of living is usually accompanied by a low standard of thinking.

The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.

All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.

Euthanasia ... is simply to be able to die with dignity at a moment when life is devoid of it.

The more people are reached by mass communication, the less they communicate with each other.

People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.

The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.

The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.

The barbarian weapon is fission: the splitting asunder. It has been perfected for death. Our only weapon is fusion: an imperfect process still, though designed for life.

Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier.

Altogether, if I had to pick one place to hang out anywhere, from New York to Cape Town and Australia to Hong Kong, a bookstore would be it.

Beyond all judgments of good and bad ...is perfection - Vivian Amis

You could string a hundred endless days together, My soul would find no comfort from this pain.You laugh at my tale? You may be educatedBut you haven’t learned to love till you’re insane

Every man who deserves to be famous knows it is not worth the trouble.

Prosperity seldom chooses the side of the virtuous.

I'm the guy to call. Look at the resume. I have kids of my own. I have dogs.

It is not after we understand the truth that we attain enlightenment. To realize the truth is to live - to exist here and now.

I guess getting down on your knees runs in the family

I'm not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.

Beware of lust; it corrupteth both the body and the mind.