To be afraid of sorrow is to be afraid of joy also.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

Humanity need not be taught in schools, it is a gift and skill one should master.

...above all, do not fret until you know that you really have a cause for it.

Egypt is the gift of the Nile.

I'm going to do everything I can to be the best president I can be for all America.

Let me just say that while I personally am very fond of John Boehner, his record of predicting what would happen if certain policies, economic policies were instituted is abysmal, okay?

It just feels good to say we're the best team in the world, with the best player in the world.

So writing is a very, very difficult position to obtain... and retain.

I can drive. Let's just say you don't want to be in the passenger seat.

Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!