Men who believe that they are accomplishing something by speaking speak in a different way from men who believe that speaking is a waste of time.

When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins.

The difference between stupid and intelligent people - and this is true whether or not they are well-educated - is that intelligent people can handle subtlety.

This is one of the two great labyrinths into which human minds are drawn: the question of free will versus predestination.

You should not believe a thing only because you like to believe it. We call that 'Diax's Rake.

To condense fact from the vapor of nuance.

Any property that's open to common use gets destroyed. Because everyone has incentive to use it to the max, but no one has incentive to maintain it.

See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places.

Constable Moore had reached the age when men can subject their bodies to the worst irritations - whisky, cigars, woolen clothes, bagpipes - without feeling a thing or, at least, without letting on.

And it happened all the time that the compromise between two perfectly rational alternatives was something that made no sense at all.

The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are stupid or intelligent.

I couldn't write—or wouldn't write, at any rate—unable to face the grueling self-scrutiny that fiction demands

When the purse becomes empty, the mind becomes full of issues.

Human body consists of nearly 60% of water. So, wasting of water is like destroying human life.

Appearances are but a glimpse of what is hidden.

To remain alone did not seem to me a terrible fate, no worse than being falsely joined to another person.

Systems governed by only one set of rules are more vulnerable than those with variety.

'Dredd' was a weird, little, out-of-the-blue thing for me.

I love plays. Even bad ones. I like the fact that actual live, breathing people are standing before you in tense situations that you are not personally responsible for.

But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.

People are people. Don't be afraid of them.