It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

There are two forces in the universe: fear and love. Trust is part of love because it makes you feel safe, and it is only in this state that you are capable of love.

Good stories never wear out, re-gift a book!

Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money without ingenuity.

We spend a good part of our lives trying desperately to convince ourselves as well as everybody else that we know more than we really do.

That's what I want to do. I want to make America great again.

John you are not being open with me

We live in what's called an open society, which of course means they open our emails, open our phone records, and open our medical records.

It is an embarrassing time to be an American. It really is. It's humiliating.

To make peace, our hearts must be at peace with the world.

Discrimination is not liberal. Arguing against discrimination is not intolerance.