One must choose between obscurity with efficiency, and fame with its inevitable collateral of bluff.

If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.

The world is not interested in the storms you encountered, but did you bring in the ship?

Terrible and sublime thought, that every moment is supreme for some man and woman, every hour the apotheosis of some passion!

The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.

A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting on.

It is extraordinary how many emotional storms one may weather in safety if one is ballasted with ever so little gold.

There is a pleasure unknown to the landsman in reading at sea.

There is nothing like an odor to stir memories.

Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.

Wives invariably flourish when deserted; ... it is the deserting male, the reckless idealist rushing about the world seeking a non-existent felicity, who often ends in disaster.

There are two kinds of people in this world: people who want to be desired, and people who want to be desired so much that they pretend they don't.

A distinguished producer called Kenith Trodd actually lived in his office for over a year - the cleaners refused to go in because it was such a tip.

Either a wise man will not go into bunkers, or, being in, he will endure such things as befall him with patience.

You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case.

You can call me an older woman - I don't mind that at all - just don't call me an old one, because I'm not.

Good talkers are only found in Paris.

We need to support our future instead of undermining human survival. Let's do it.

An obsession with control generally seems to reflect a fear of uncertainty.

Lady is the buddy of man, skilled with equivalent mental limit.

Much arrogance is necessary equipment for an artist, I think. Not sufficient, but necessary. It carries one across the gaps.