The world's best swordsman doesn't fear the second best; he fears the worst swordsman, because he can't predict what the idiot will do.

Oh, bother!,” said Pooh, as Piglet came back from the dead.

Vegtables, what food eats before it becomes food.

My duty is not affected by what others may or may not do to discharge their own.

Son, you'll know you're in love when a woman's voice settles into your spine.

She didn't know a lot about politics – yet – but she'd learned enough in her history classes to know politics could always be counted on to make a bad situation worse.

All men begin as good men. What they are taught as children, what is expected of them as young men, is either the armor about that goodness or the flaw that allows evil in.

Your Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled, or dead?

It was rumored she held grudges till they died of old age, then had them stuffed and mounted.

Giving orders you know won't be obeyed is one of the best ways I know to destroy your own authority.

...the one certain thing in life is that no one can make the truth untrue simply because it hurts.

It was like losing an important weight-bearing bone, and I knew I would spend the rest of my life trying to figure out how to walk the streets without it.

Presumably, if you see spirit at the moment it gained access, then it'll be dropped.

I really never felt any tremendous aggravation or separation.

The key to meditation is focusing on specific symbols. The symbols are the chakras.

"Uh-huh," I said. "Because all you mad, evil scientists sit around whipping up batches of Pillsbury's finest during your coffee breaks. I mean, this is pathetic."

Good ideas have expiration dates. You need to act before they become dated, irrelevant or otherwise spoiled.

I shall be honored to go to jail. Under a dictatorship, the detention cell is a place of honor.

Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.

One thing that I always liked about fashion was that it was tied in with music and art and film.

It's because I like you, I don't want to be with you. It's a complicated emotion.