Self-conceit is the enemy of progress.

The boys throw rocks at the frogs in jest. But the frogs die in earnest.

Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest.

Wealth is the sinews of success.

Love of money is the mother-city (metropolis) of all evils.

Good slaves are free, but bad free men are slaves of many passions.

It hurts the bald-head just as much as the thatched-head to have his hairs plucked.

The road to Hades is easy to travel; at any rate men pass away with their eyes shut.

Bion insisted on the principle that "The property of friends is common."

When I die, I don't want my demise to be used as a political rally, and that's what happened yesterday.

If you could only hear what I dream.

You can't write about things without doing them. You just have to live that same way.

Muslim organisations tend to have a low level of organisation. The communities in Europe are quite diverse.

A holy spirit lives within you.

[Librarians] are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess with them.

It just doesnt mean anything to me, the high-profile, big money side of things. I just want enough to live on, and to be able to get on with what I do, and hang around my friends.

Husbands are never happy. My husband asked me for more space, so I locked him out of the house.

All human excellence is but comparative — there are persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest.

I like to do movies that provoke rather than reinforce conservative values.