It's a useful habit to never believe more than half of what people tell you, and not to concern yourself with the rest. Rather keep your mind free and your path your own.

Icelanders are grateful to meet foreigners who have heard of their country. And even more grateful to hear someone say it deserves better.

For man is essentially alone, and one should pity him and love him and grieve with him.

Whoever doesn't live in poetry cannot survive here on earth.

My motto is strong packaging, clear addressing.

Remember, any lie you are told, even deliberately, is often a more significant fact than a truth told in all sincerity.

It's a pity we don't whistle at one another, like birds. Words are misleading.

What you have stolen can never be yours.

When a man has a flower in his life he builds a house.

Like all great rationalists you believed in things that were twice as incredible as theology.

You have fettered yourself of your own free will, man - break the fetters!

The worst defeat of all is to surrender without having been defeated. And it is Christmas that obliterates both.

Magnus did not take such suffering lightly, but even mortals did not die of broken hearts. No matter how cruel Grace had been, he told himself, James would heal. Even though he was a Herondale.

They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again.

When I was younger I always had a dark navy, black tie and everybody would look at me like it was odd, but now it is de rigueur. I'm sure it's my input.

I'm full of admiration for the Queen. She's done a fantastic job. She has had an awful lot of blocks along the road and has overcome them all. I'm anything but an antimonarchist.

It is never too late to begin rebuilding, Though all into ruins your life seems hurled; For see! how the light of the New Year is gilding The wan, worn face of the bruised old world.

Surprise is not humor. I think that there can be a fine line there.

The rediscovered path, where were left the traces of childhood's lost steps.

Embarrassment has a lot to do with thinking too much. Let it go. Nobody cares as much as you think they do.

I didn't say the things I said.