Politeness is organized indifference.

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Nothing beautiful can be summarized.

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

Love is being stupid together.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences.

Each of us has a family tree full of stories inside of us, Dirk thought. Each of us has a story blossoming out of us.

I'm a Sociopath!

You can truly value life, when you have looked Death in the eyes and held its hand.

The old attitude toward newspapers was that they were completely disposable - today's newspaper is tomorrow's fish wrap.

It is impossible to get the measure of what an individual can accomplish unless the responsibility is given him.

If I'm not doing the work I want, I usually suffer a psychological allergic reaction and get ill. It niggles when things get out of my control.

I've come up with my own cure for a closed mind: try it once, and see.

The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee.

If I could have dinner with anyone who lived in history, it would depend on the restaurant.

When you play quarterback in San Francisco, not much goes under the radar.