What good is an obscenity trial except to popularize literature?

[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

The only thing I want is something I can't have; and that is to know if, 100 years from now, people will still buy my books.

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

Measure your minds height by the shadow it casts.

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.

Sarcasm is not the rapier of wit its wielders seem to believe it to be, but merely a club: it may, by dint of brute force, occasionally raise bruises, but it never cuts or pierces.

The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold - if you have one.

I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.

Make your choiceMake your dreamsYou will find your wayAnd those will come true (Insya Allah)

In the company of the Soul's inner guidance, let us celebrate all we are destined to know.

God is looking for godly people to send to the world of finances to subdue it for him.

It isn't the quality of the ideas you have that will determine whether you make a success of them, it's the qualities you bring to those ideas.

What I'd like to do is be able to work with Democrats to reform current entitlement programs for future generations, grandfathering all the grandparents.

Your life may have taken a detour, but God is still on the throne. He has brought you this far, and sooner or later, your peace will be restored.

I am so glad you are here. It helps me realize how beautiful my world is.

We are equal inhabitants of a paradise of individuals in which everybody has the right to be understood.

I am a fool, but I know I'm a fool and that makes me smarter than you.

It proved once again the theory that no security system is a match for a stupid employee.