Apart from blunt truth, our lives sink decadently amid the perfume of hints and suggestions.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

It is not the crook in modern business that we fear but the honest man who does not know what he is doing.

The most exciting thing for all of us is movies and movie stars.

Deconstruction is great for the intellect, but it hurts the heart terribly.

If my real life was half as exciting as what is reported, I would be thrilled.

As a rule, the Government appoints its friends.

Color categories are on steroids in Latin America. I find that fascinating. It's very difficult for Americans, particularly African-Americans to understand or sympathize with.

Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.

Henry had taken striking on to a different level

The last thing I remember, I left with a girl on a motor bike that weighed 300 pounds.

Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.