General de Gaulle is again pictured in our newspapers, looking as usual like an embattled codfish.

To think of losing is to lose already.

It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies.

... possessiveness cannot accept; it cannot even strike a fair bargain; it has to confer.

The fatal flaw of gravity; when you are down, everything falls down on you.

Spring is strictly sentimental, self-regarding; but I burn more careless in the autumn bonfire.

Inflation is the senility of democracies.

cooking is the most succulent of human pleasures.

One cannot overestimate the power of a good rancorous hatred on the part of the stupid. The stupid have so much more industry and energy to expend on hating. They build it up like coral insects.

Truth has beauty, power, and necessity.

Idleness is righteous if it is comfortable. Uncomfortable idleness is sin & sinful waste.

I defuse everything I can with it. Humor is such a great shield.

Fear has nothing to do with cowardice. A fellow is only yellow when he lets his fear make him quit.

I felt before I thought, as all humans do.

Women should have the same rights and respect and paychecks and everything, you know, they're human beings.

Little did I know that I would be fortunate enough to develop several operating systems in my lifetime; developing one is a rare opportunity for anyone.

When I'm working, I'm going to avoid all media. No newspapers, no magazines, no movies, no radio, no TV. I'm just going to do creative work.

In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong, Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong.

Nothing in this book is true.

Importantly, rather than promoting aggression, testosterone promotes whatever is needed to maintain status when challenged.

How come "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?