Do you know the difference between an error and a mistake, Ensign?" 'No, sir.' "Anyone can make an error, Ensign. But that error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

Learn about art, Captain. When you understand a species' art, you understand that species.

I danced as he twirled in and out of consciousness, and there we were, one in love and the other astray.

I was born to poor because of honest parents.

Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised.

Style ought to prove that one believes in an idea; not only that one thinks it but also feels it.

I spend my money on my props and my creations. I'm an inventor.

Love is the greatest healing power I know. Love can heal even the deepest and most painful memories because love brings the light of understanding to the darkest corners of our hearts and minds.

Bad men cannot make good citizens.

Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease.

This is the essence of all sciences - that you should know who you will be when the Day of Reckoning arrives.

There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.