It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

My life is build around books.

The people who encouraged you to change will oftentimes, after you change, accuse you of having changed.

I've always been a guy who wants to play sports, not watch them.

If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment.

God has not given us the spirit of fear. That comes from the adversary.

Some kids dream of joining the circus, others of becoming a major league baseball player. I have been doubly blessed. As a member of the New York Yankees, I have gotten to do both.

I think people can stand to take themselves just a little less seriously. I'm fighting the war against pretension.

I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.

Why is it when I’m the one shot, I’m a baby, but when it’s you, it’s a matter of life and death and national security? (Joe) Because I’m cuter in a short skirt. (Tee)

But they're laughing at you. They're not laughing with you.