On entering this world our starting-point is ignorance. None, however, but idiots remain there.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

I look upon Phrenology as the guide to philosophy and the handmaid of Christianity. Whoever disseminates true Phrenology is a public benefactor.

A house without books is like a room without windows.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

It's always surprised me that mainstream America had the good taste to like R.E.M. It doesn't have the digestible quality the general public tends to look for in its favorite musicians.

Enemies strengthn you. Allies weaken you.

They say that ninety per cent of TV is junk. But ninety per cent of everything is junk.

Come Dance with Me , come dance.

Europe has never existed. One must genuinely create Europe.

I look forward to spring cleaning and putting things in their place. It's therapeutic for me.

In fact, the public will accept any city plan and skyline provided that its architecture is traditional.

A real feminist doesn't apologize for her beauty. You can be a sexy, beautiful woman and be the smartest person in the room.

A haiku is the expression of a temporary enlightenment, in which we see into the life of things.

Every hour you spend on your rear end ... saps your energy and ruins your health.