The subtlest lie of all is the full truth.

The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit.

Americans need bullshit the way koala bears need eucalyptus leaves. They've become totally addicted to it. They get so much of it back home that they can't survive without it.

By means of our myths and legends we maintain a sense of what we are worth and who we are. Without them we should undoubtedly go mad.

The Lords of Chaos are the enemies of Logic, the jugglers of Truth, the molders of Beauty

Because I had sought to challenge Destiny, Destiny had taken vengeance.

Destiny's Champion, Fate's fool. Eternity's Soldier, Time's Tool.

I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.

It is almost impossible to have a baseless snobbish opinion of the General Theory of Relativity.

Treasures are not won by care and forethought but by swift slaying and reckless attack.

It is only about things which concern us most profoundly that we lie clearly and with profound conviction.

Oh, I told You once and I told You twiceTake this Call of love, Never think TwiceCome share My love, Come share My love again

This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

Only a man with nothing to hide could make that kind of racket.

My parents are both Belgian-born, and so am I, actually.

'Concentrate on measuring performance and winning will take care of itself'. That is a brilliant excuse for coming second.

Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.

Magic in cinema is a bit like ventriloquism on the radio.

Oh, nature's noblest gift, my grey goose quill, Slave of my thoughts, obedient to my will, Torn from the parent bird to form a pen, That mighty instrument of little men.

God is tolerant in that He asks everyone to repent.

The screams of a hurt woman were indistinguishable from everyday traffic.