Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of language.

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.

I had a renewal of mind, when I begin to read.

You must also forgive yourself. You must forgive yourself for any past mistakes and failures that you cannot forget.

just as a stool requires three legs to stand upright so the taekwondoist must cultivate basic skills, meaningful forms, and effective sparring in order to have both feet firmly planted in the art

Don't get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity.

The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.

It's the lack of ambition that cripples most people, and makes them so pedestrian in the advertising/creative business

David Bowie, for me, was the butchest guy in town. Jagger was like a truck driver.

I want to direct, write, produce... y'know, I love the entertainment industry

I write to be the characters that I am not.

My friends tease me about the fact that if someone seems bad or shady or like they have a secret, I find them incredibly interesting.