Lust is not the worst thing. It is because any day, any time, lust may turn into love that we have to avoid it. And when we love our sin then we are damned indeed.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.

Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

When I was young, I used to be so jealous of other girls that it crippled me.

Men are not allowed to think freely about chemistry and biology: why should they be allowed to think freely about political philosophy?

I was an avid radio fan when I was a boy, as well as a great lover of comic strips

I never aspired to be a television producer and a movie director, and I'm shocked that this idea is still going on.

Unpredictability is closely related to uncontrollability.

The labor movement must be destroyed.

I think that in many ways, just as forgiveness is impossible without love, sometimes love requires forgiveness for it to work, too.

I talk alot about death so I should do it soon... Maybe under the cold breeze of a bluish moon

I can't think without my glasses.

I may not have been the greatest president, but I've had the most fun eight years.