He says to me, Ranulph, he says... that the past will never come again, but that we must remember that the past is made of the present, and that the present is always here.

A house with old furniture has no need of ghosts to be haunted.

Reason I know, is only a drug, and, as such, its effects are never permanent. But, like the juice of the poppy, it often gives a temporary relief.

It shocked his sense of dramatic economy that they should have to resort to violence when the same result could have been obtained by a minimum expenditure of energy.

So fine a medicine is the will to action.

A bad conscience makes a very good ghost.

There had always been something rather brutal about (..._) common sense.

But these are sad times, the 'prentices wanting to be masters, and every little tradesman wanting to be a Senator, and every dirty little urchin thinking he can giveimpudence to his betters!

Let mental suffering be intense enough, and it becomes a sort of carminative.

Sentimentality is a quality that rarely has the slightest influence on action.

Mad folks are often as dangerous as bad ones.

She's my daughter. She's my sister.

You can’t afford to leave your happiness to others. Create what you wish to experience.

I like Lady Gaga's music and I think her fashion is great, but I saw her on a chat show and I wanted to punch her in the face.

When you please others in hopes of being accepted, you lose you self-worth in the process.

I never kill insects. If I see ants or spiders in the room, I pick them up and take them outside. Karma is everything.

I really went back through a lot of the dark corridors of my life in this. I wanted people to know who I am based on my music, not on what they read in the tabloids.

Gather ye rosebuds, while ye may.

It is best and easiest not to discredit others but to prepare oneself to be as good as possible.

Single's fun - you don't have to check in with your girl, but it's not easy. I do get lonely.

Leave it to me: I'm always top banana in the shock department.