It is astonishing how the human animal survives its misfortunes.

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.

Arrogance makes you stronger from outside, but even more weaker from inside.

It's a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.

It's so important to consider this question: What do I desire?

Vanz can't dance, but he'll steal your money.

The value of the space program is beyond science, it's beyond military; it's a cultural shift in how we think of our place in the universe.

Forget about someone's resume or how they present themselves at a party. Can they blog or not? The blog doesn't lie.

The Saviour comes in the strength of righteousness. Righteousness is at the bottom of all things. Righteousness is thorough; it is the very spirit of unsparing truth.

What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.

For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.

If the soft machine works, don't fix it. If it works, don't fix it.