All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to show how much he can spare.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Art is a process, not a product.

Will therapy make you feel any better? Not if it's working.

I closely follow everything about user interface or human-computer interface: technology that makes computers closer to the way the human being actually functions.

Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

The name 'Wiz' comes from me being the youngest dude in my age group of people that I hung out with. I was pretty good at anything I tried to do, so they would call me a young wiz.

I kept waiting for that loneliness and nervousness to make me want to go back. But it never did.

In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.

People here will date goats. But no one wants to date a goat wearing Google glass.

You can't master your future if you're still a slave to your past.

If I ever had twins, I'd use one for parts.