The starving poet business is no good nowadays.

The sea possesses a power over one's moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Don't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.

The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority

...I'm no longer prepared to accept what people say and what's written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.

I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.

Control in business is the combination of written and unwritten rules that create an organizational decision framework and staff hierarchy.

The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.

A good compromise leaves everyone angry.

I make impact plays. I make game-changing plays.

We need a coat with two pockets. In one pocket there is dust, and in the other pocket there is gold. We need a coat with two pockets to remind us who we are.

The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and likeness.

What is the world coming to, when you can't even trust a rogue vicar and her demon lover?

Far better, and more cheerfully, I could dispense with some part of the downright necessaries of life, than with certain circumstances of elegance and propriety in the daily habits of using them.

The interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral duties.

A wandering minstrel I A thing of shreds and patches Of ballads, songs and snatches And dreamy lullaby!