Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.

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.

In life, more than in anything else, it isn’t easy to end up alive.

Sometimes I wish life was written pencil so we could erase it and write it all over again.

Consistency and acceleration are both key to sustaining success. One-day-wonder persons who slouch back to mediocrity will soon be forgotten.

Kids win this'n'that every day. Thousands of them. One out of a hundred fights professionally. One out of a thousand's worth watchin', one out of a million's worth coffee and doughnuts.

Tumbling has always been my favorite.

Sometimes we crash and burn. It's better to do it in private.

Immediately after taking office, I will ask my generals to present to me a plan within 30 days to defeat and destroy ISIS.

The seas and the weathers are what is; your vessels adapt to them or sink.

I don't mess around when it comes to brushing my teeth. Properly brushed, twice a day, every day, to get my day started.