To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

Spoon feeding, in the long run, teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Pathos, piety, courage, they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

Provide for her Future—if you can!—That's my motto!—But a man's just a plain bum who don't provide for his own Past!

You do it how you can do it, so long as it's getting done, you're okay.

The king knows with what ardor and perseverance I have at all times been devoted to the cause of liberty and to the principles of humanity, equality and justice.

I love the term "everything is copy," attributed to Nora Ephron, which was my guiding principle as I wrote.

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

Why become enlightened? Why join the military? Why get married? Why cross the ocean? It is a personal choice. There is something in a person that draws them to the light.

One of these days... One of these days... Pow! Right in the kisser!

I slather Egyptian Magic cream all over my face on overnight flights to keep my skin hydrated.

I want to embrace all of this: touring, going to Europe, Canada, Australia. I want to travel the world, just have a great hang, and hopefully, be a messenger.

With Alien, because we always use a different director, each one kind of stands on its own. So I guess it's possible for them to make another one, but we have no plans.