The voice was cool, drawling, and insolent, but the eyes were something else. She looked about as hard to get as a haircut.

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.

Down these mean streets a man must go who is neither tarnished nor afraid

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur.

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.

There are two kinds of truth; The truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The fist of these is science and the second is art.

It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

Be kind. It will reveal your true inner beauty.

The best lessons of life are learnt in silence and solitude.

We do not stop. You all took the oath to come here. Hard work lies before us in breeding our new community. - Adrian

Presents can make up for some of the disappointments that life doles out, such as it makes almost no sense and is coming to an end more quickly than ever.

I'm a lawmaker, but I really don't like laws.

The allure of military life and its heroic promise seem indestructible, but nothing threatens the romance of war more effectively than war itself.

Being cultured is the least expensive form of respectability.

I love Westerns. I really love John Wayne. Frank Capra, any of his movies I love.

No, not Jove Himselfe, at one time, can be wise and love.

If you can tell me who your heroes are, I can tell you how you're going to turn out in life.