I would desire for a friend the son who never resisted the tears of his mother.

The city has a face, the country a soul.

One of the principal occupations of man is to divine woman.

Expect nothing but be ready for everything.

Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance.

There's no agony like [getting started]. You sit in a room, biting pencils, looking at a typewriter, walking about, or casting yourself down on a sofa, feeling you want to cry your head off.

Mutations are exciting, there aren't nearly enough of them.

A "take" is an opportunity to fail ... and we think that we have to get it right all the time.

A man destined to hang can never drown

I only shampoo [my hair] once a month.

Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.

The Lord gave us Ten Commandments, but the bill before the House today gives us 39.

Before people can begin something new, they have to end what used to be and unlearn the old way.