None of the people have any real interest in a science, who only begin to be enthusiastic about it when they themselves have made discoveries in it.

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.

One thing a man must have: either a naturally light disposition or a disposition lightened by art and knowledge.

A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles.

As soon as a religion comes to dominate it has as its opponents all those who would have been its first disciples.

No one dies of fatal truths nowadays: there are too many antidotes.

Most people are far too much occupied with themselves to be malicious.

We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.

Our crime against criminals lies in the fact that we treat them like rascals.

The more thoroughly a person understands life, the less he will mock, though in the end he might still mock the "thoroughness of his understanding.

In large States public education will always be extremely mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is at best only mediocre.

Luz's manner of speaking made it clear that she had no idea what she might say next. It wasn't that she made things up, strictly speaking--only that facts were merely a point of departure for her.

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

Time travel was only a kind of magic, after all. That's why it always went wrong.

The Bible is the voice of God, calling out to everyone.

The farmer works the soil The agriculturist works the farmer.

As long as the cheques carry on coming in, and I'm enjoying my work, I shall continue acting.

The issues in America are so big, and the problems are enormously complicated. But I am incredibly confident in Donald Trump to be able to execute on his promise to the people who elected him.

To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games. That's what I'm trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.

Forget 'redeeming social value,' dirty pictures are fun. When I die I want my ashes sprinkled over a nudist camp.

Every artist undresses his subject, whether human or still life. It is his business to find essences in surfaces, and what more attractive and challenging surface than the skin around a soul?