The most ominous of fallacies: the belief that things can be kept static by inaction.

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.

To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure.

Tolerance cannot afford to have anything to do with the fallacy that evil may convert itself to good.

Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.

The most ominous of fallacies - the belief that things can be kept static by inaction

The world has become too full of many things, an over furnished room.

You will, if you're wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown and accept whatever comes in the spirit in which the gods may offer it.

This is one of the charms of the desert, that removing as it does nearly all the accessories of life, we see the thin thread of necessities on which our human existence is suspended.

The art of advertising - untruthfulness combined with repetition.

The true fruit of travel is perhaps the feeling of being nearly everywhere at home.

By understanding the nuances of the world around you and how to survive the temptations, you can rule anything. Even yourself

An offended audience member repeating a comedian's act from memory is worse than, literally, anything.

Through transparency we expose corruption, but then there is no action taken against the corrupt.

I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.

Anyway, we had a blast, and the movie [the Ghost Team] turned out really, really funny.

You will not think it unnatural that those who have an object depending, which strongly engages their hopes and fears, should be somewhat inclining to superstition.

If you are ignorant, you certainly can get into some interesting arguments.

You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen.

So long as one person remembers you, you'll never really be dead.

After a lifetime of engaging in long, passionate discussions I have come to the conclusion that it is a waste of time trying to convince anyone of anything.