No woman ought to pretend she's intelligent. And if she is she ought to have the intelligence to pretend she isn't.

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmth—we build them for the warmth of the soul; we build them to dream by, to hope by, to home by.

The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern.

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

A closed mind is a dying mind.

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.

It was part of theTexas ritual? We know about champagne and caviar but we talk hog and hominy.

There are only two kinds of people in the world that really count. One kind's wheat and the other kind's emeralds.

Funny, isn't it, how your whole life goes by while you think you're only planning the way you're going to live it?

The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whisky. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients the result is flat, without tang or flavor.

Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.

To allow your life varnish into vanity without reproducing it would mean to live a wasted life.

I'm English. We're about as tactful as a hot poker up the bum, most of the time.

What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.

I'm just a product of grace that's still in the process; And I don't got to be great because my God is.

I used to build up to sensation, accumulating tension until it released a perceptual experience

Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.

Life is a goddam mess...but you wouldn't want to miss it!

I love men who make me laugh.

In fact, as a spin bowler, you have to work on the batsman over after over.