To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady.

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.

If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.

The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong.

The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.

God help those who do not help themselves.

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork.

Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.

Consistency is the playground of dull minds

Rights’ are ‘privileges, ’ and if I am arrogant enough to demand the former without respecting the latter I will lose both.

Some things happen for a reason, Others just come with the season.

someday goals become never days of achievement

Free milk will be provided in Hoxton and Shoredith, in Eton and Harrow. What more social equality can you have than that?

I have faced many different obstacles in my life, and have always maintained a strong belief that no matter the circumstances, I could overcome those obstacles.

In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.

I hate repetition, I really do. It's like asking a painter to paint the same picture every day of his life.

whatever a work of art may be, the artist certainly cannot dare to be simple. He must have a nature as complicated and as violent, as totally unsuggestive of the word innocence, as a modern war.

I don't want to please everybody. I'd get a little worried if I did something and everybody was pleased with it.