I can find no room in my cosmos for a deity save as a waste product of human weakness, the excrement of the imagination.

Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.

To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him...two.

A man who is stingy with saffron is capable of seducing his own grandmother.

A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.

He talks about the Scylla of Atheism and the Charybdis of Christianity - a state of mind which, by the way, is not conducive to bold navigation.

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of cigar stumps and empty matchboxes.

Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?

When you kiss me, your lips upon mine, your kisses taste so sweet, just like a glass of good wine.

Harry, I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don’t plan it, don’t wait for it, just let it happen

Wetenschap is wat wetenschappers doen - Science is what scientists do.

Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both.

One of the most obvious ways dogs can improve our physical and mental health is via daily walks.

You can run away from home But you can't run away from your pain I sit here alone There's always someone else to blame.

Understanding requires not just a moment of perception, but a continuous awareness, a continuous state of inquiry without conclusion

The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside.

Best merchants are the ones who dictate cool, not those who try to predict it!

The great poet is always a seer, seeing less with the eyes of the body than he does with the eyes of the mind.