What like a bullet can undeceive!

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

As his body became more and more defenseless, so his means of offense became steadily more frightful.

From this moment on I'd dedicate my life to rock and roll and take as many drugs as possible. What could possibly go wrong?

What is memory for if not to fortify and sustain?

I'm incredibly nostalgic for the '80s, because I think that's when Geek Culture really kicked in to high gear.

No two individuals are ever the same. You cannot equate people. You can only create equal opportunity.

In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.

A genuine work of art usually displeases at first sight, as it suggests a deficiency in the spectator.

There is no dearth of charity in the world in giving, but there is comparatively little exercised in thinking and speaking.

Let us answer a book of ink with a book of flesh and blood.

The transition from painter to artist comes when you cross the line of painting what you see to painting what you feel about what you see.