About the time we get old enough to be as wicked as we want to be, we don't want to be so very wicked after all.

Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people

Babies are such a nice way to start people.

I had, out of my sixty teachers, a scant half dozen who couldn't have been supplanted by phonographs.

The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.

It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.

Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.

The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.

In all systems of theology, the devil figures as a male person.

There's one thing about baldness, it's neat.

Don't ever slam a door, you might want to go back.

Shall I compare thee to a Shoggoth?

Proust, more perspicaciously than any other writer, reminds us that the 'walks' of childhood form the raw material of our intelligence.

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.

It's not the hair on your head that matters. It's the kind of hair you have inside.

A world ought to have a few genuine good guys, and not just a spectrum of people running from bad to worse.

I want to find myself a girl who can show me what laughter means, and we'll fill in the missing numbers in each others paint-by-numbers dreams.

Our only hope lies in the power of our love, generosity, tolerance and understanding and our commitment to making the world a better place for all.

Your body’s reaction to fear is the same whether you are faced with a physical threat or an emotional one.

A controlled carbohydrate lifestyle really prevents risk factors for heart disease.

I'm sure corruption in Chechnya is minimal.