I don't want to oppress men or demand to be given rights beyond what's held by them, but neither do I want men to oppress women. As God's creations, we should be held in equal esteem.

Well, now, what do you expect? You're His child. Of course you're going to be lonely when you hold yourself from Him.

Rather than the kind of change that takes what we already have and augments it, like power to our cars and speed to our computers, I believe the kind of change we need now is a change of direction.

A butler in an English household should, however, be English, and as much like an archbishop as possible.

You have a 12-foot fence. You know what'll happen? Thirteen foot ladders.

Don't let the idiots ruin your day.

Let's face it. We're undone by each other. And if we're not, we're missing something.

We are here for no purpose, unless we can invent one.

In general, salary for land surveyors is often similar to that of a professional engineer or lawyer - surveyors are often "comfortable" but not "wealthy."

Somebody asked Somerset Maugham about his place in the pantheon of writers, and he said, "I'm in the very front row of the second rate." I'm sort of haunted by that.

How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light.