Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more powerful agent for destruction than it is.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly.

According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless.

Never ask another person's advice about anything God makes you decide before Him.

An advantage of having one child is you always know who did it.

Great teams have players who understand their responsibilities.

The whole thing of weight, I guess it's because there is a wider fascination we all have with weight.

Have pride and entertainment. I think that a lot bands just don't know how to do it anymore or they lost interest in it or don't care and are just cashing a paycheck.

Eternity is not the hereafter...this is it. If you don't get it here you won't get it anywhere.

I laugh when I end up on the worst-dressed lists. I'm not trying to be fashionable. I know I'm kind of a cartoon character. Do people honestly think I'm wearing a kafkan in order to be fashionable?

He alone is great Who by a life heroic conquers fate.