They're hangin' Danny Deever in the morning!

Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.

I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.

A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition

Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.

This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.

There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

Emotional fetters may hurt but they lead us to profound lessons of life.

Religion and nationalism? I defecate on the altar of religious conviction, and wipe my arse on the flag of national pride.

The kingdom of God is within you.

Perhaps you should bite me", Bobby Pendragon.

I want order and taste. A well displayed meal is enhanced one hundred per cent in my eyes.

You shouldn't be looking at the bottom of the mountain. Why don't you try looking at the top some time?

I intend no Monopoly, but a Community in Learning; I study not for my own sake only, but for theirs that study not for themselves.

It takes a week to do a sitcom in Hollywood. I do a show a day in my studio, three or four shows a week.

The capacity you're thinking of is imagination; without it there can be no understanding, indeed no fiction.