As I grew older and when I became wiser, I realized that not only are we made of molecules, we are also governed and ruled by them. We are just molecular slaves in this vast limitless creation.

He who confers a benefit on anyone loves him better than he is beloved.

Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts.

In addition to their power over government based on government financing and personal influence, bankers could steer governments in ways they wished them to go by other pressures.

I think to be creative you have to resist taking the easy path.

Can't you at least die with a little dignity?

You acquire a language most readily in the country where it is spoken; you study mineralogy best among miners; and so with everything else.

America is greatest country; but not our government.

The hardest work you and I will ever do is to put off our selfishness. It is heavy lifting!

Veal is a very young beef and, like a very young girlfriend, it's cute but boring and expensive.

The reason good women like me and flock to my pictures is that there is a little bit of vampire instinct in every woman.