The English may not always be the best writers in the world, but they are incomparably the best dull writers.

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.

Down these mean streets a man must go who is neither tarnished nor afraid

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur.

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.

There are two kinds of truth; The truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The fist of these is science and the second is art.

It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

Each day is a new opportunity. I chose to make this day a great one.

When there is no argument [dispute] over a talk, it is called ‘Principle’.

Society in its boundless ignorance ridicules the caterpillar but praises the butterfly.

If I live for self, I can only live for one; if I live for others, I can live for 3,000,000,000.

If a person lacks self- acceptance, he can't live with himself; if he lacks self-criticism, others can't live with him.

Growing up, I was taught a mans word is his bond.

I got a kick out of having a big bankroll in my pocket. Even if I only made a couple hundred dollars, I'd always keep it in fives and tens so it'd look big.

Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe. Though seemingly affected only by its immediate surrounding, the sphere of external influence extends to infinite distance.

My actions were coming from a place of love.

Divorce is probably as painful as death.