The general tendency [is] to be censorious of the vices to which one has not been tempted.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

Bad luck was a fact of life and one dealt with it or not.Good luck, on the other hand, was something one created.

There is no point to samba if it doesn't make you smile.

Christ alone can bring lasting peace - peace with God - peace among men and nations - and peace within our hearts.

Concord, solidarity, and mutual help are the most important means of enabling animal species to survive.

When two souls compose a single song, The muse fans Livid wrath before long.

Irish gardens beat all for horror. With 19 gardeners, Lord Talbot of Malahide has produced an affair exactly like a suburban golf course.

The beginner should not be discouraged if he finds he does not have the prerequisites for reading the prerequisites.

Should things go wrong at any time, the people will set them to rights by the peaceable exercise of their elective rights.

I really want to do a book on the history of the no-wave music scene in New York, how it extended out and formed lots of other things. It was such a great visual culture.

However I am looking forward to the two new Grands Prixs both Shanghai and Laguna Seca are fantastic tracks and it will be good to race at them.