The painter knew the mirror lied. And the canvas told the truth.

The painter knew that color was not something you controlled but something you set free. He believed that color knew its way home.

The planet you inhabit is a single plane of infinite dimensions, stretched like a guitar string, and standing before you like a concubine waiting for your command.

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.

My opponents attitude is, 'If it moves, tax it, if it keeps moving, regulate it and when it stops, subsidize it.

People who know me, they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I would love someone to exploit that side of me and send me a romantic comedy.

I chose baseball because to me baseball is the best game of all.

I do not believe in communism any more than you do but there is nothing wrong with the Communists in this country. Several of the best friends I have got are Communists.

If this goes badly and I make a crater, I want it named after me!

If you cut a shrub back because it's just too big, and it dies, you haven't lost anything but a plant that couldn't live by your rules.

If we took over Britain, then we'd have the job of cleaning up the bourgeoisie and keeping people in a revolutionary state of mind.

We aren't where we want to be; we aren't where we ought to be; but thank goodness we aren't where we used to be.

I'd never been a prison guard before or anything.