I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

His attentive treatment of her had nothing to do with the presumption that she was weak, and everything to do with the conviction that she was valuable.

Remember when we were children and life was simple

A fool and his money are soon parted.

I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society.

The letter I received said you had need of my particular talents, but I must confess that I have so many talents that I am not sure which one you require.

Whether it is photography, assemblage art or filmmaking, my work is to see beneath the surface.

There is no get-rich-quick scheme equal to a poor girl marrying a rich man.

A person who can really be called an unselfish person, has no place in life.

Snow reminds Ka of God! But I’m not sure it would be accurate. What brings me close to God is the silence of snow.

I wonder if Dave Bearden still dislikes me.