Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

By having good memories on every place you just visit, you are building paradise in your own heart and your life.

Do you believe that evil and tragedy are always planned? You don’t think Fortune has anything to do with it?

I think I can make an entirely new game experience, and if I can't do it, some other game designer will.

I will not support efforts that kill jobs in my district and lack provisions for responsibly transitioning us toward a clean-energy economy.

The genius of America may be that it has built "the fall of Rome" into its very makeup: it is very consciously a constant work in progress, designed to accommodate and build on revolutionary change.

Certainly we disagree with the Communist Party, as we disagree with other political parties who are trying to maintain the American way of life.

If I have learned how to write fiction it's by working with great writers and getting them to explain their craft to me so that I can do it in English.

It's not listed in the Bible, but my spiritual gift, my specific calling from God, is to be a television talk-show host.

In order to have that incredible groove that makes you dream you have to think not of the groove, but of the dream.

A social contract is the way out of this dilemma for corporations that want to lead in the 21st century by showing consumers how seriously they take customer loyalty and goodwill.