May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

The true poem rests between the words.

When writing feels like jumping a cliff, grab the nearest pen!

For every drug that benefits a patient, there is a natural substance that can achieve the same effect.

I'm really fascinated with anything that takes place between the 1920s up through the 1960s. In some ways it feels familiar, and in other ways it feels like it's from another planet.

The main drawback, of course, was cost. Participating effectively in World Summit on the Information Society was very expensive for both developing countries and (especially) civil society.

Nursing a grudge is bad for your heath.

Salt is the only product that changes cuisine. There's a big difference between food that has salt and food without it. If you don't believe that, ask people who can't eat salt.

Creativity is the life force that Dylan Thomas called 'the force that through the green fuse drives the flower.

And that which yesterday was the novel opinion of one man, to-day becomes the general opinion of the majority.

Cinematography, a military art. Prepare a film like a battle.