Until one looks back on one's own past one fails to realise what an extraordinary view of the world a child has.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

Very few of us are what we seem.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure the comfort.

Consciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection.

Having the right attitude is fundamental to being an effective leader.

Don't let them say you ain't beautiful. They can all get fu#ked just stay true to you.

The internet is an endless field of cow crap. To find the diamond amongst that crap you need to eat it first.

Sentiment is the poetry of the imagination.

Systems win! Believe in your system, and then sell it to your players.

I think that music makers just really bless the planet.

The whole idea is to earn the flavor. No one gives it to you.

Unless men establish their complete happiness in God, they will never give themselves truly and sincerely to him.