Marriage is a psychological condition, not a civil contract and a license. Once a marriage is dead, it is dead, and it begins to stink faster than a dead fish.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

The truth is, the Devil's job is easy.

I would keep her, and raise her, and love her, even if she had to teach me how to do it.

History gives you insight of the same quality of truth as poetry or philosophy or a novel.

You must radiate success before it’ll come to you.

The biggest mistake that I made was not anticipating the rise of the social networking phenomenon.

I've always loved the word blunderbuss. I've always thought that it was a beautiful word and that it could mean several different things.

I don't think it's the worst thing ever to start when you're in your twenties. You're not burnt out, you're going to stick around and most of the best cyclists are in their 30s.

I don't plan an awful lot in life just as I don't plan an awful lot in my fiction.

I smoke till I got chest pains