Theological religion is the source of all imaginable follies and disturbances. It is the parent of fanaticism and civil discord; it is the enemy of mankind.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko: 'You atheist?'"Kingsley Amis: 'Well, yes, but it's more that I hate him.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

You were born an original. Don't die a copy.

Accents are very tangible, blessedly, and if you have to do one, it's a way of getting into character. I can read it through a few times and pretend I know what I'm doing!

A football team is like a company. All of the people working in a company are not supposed to love each other, but they are supposed to be professional.

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody can read.

If I negate powdered wigs, I am still left with unpowdered wigs.

The present was better. Much, much better. Humans had coffee now. And gelato.

My real motivation is to reach 3:25... I am still young; I have a lot of time left in my career.

Once in a while you get a moment of clarity - an inspiration - and they don't come that frequently.