When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent.

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.

Science is the systematic classification of experience.

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.

No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination.

We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.

The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.

To write much, and to write rapidly, are empty boasts. The world desires to know what you have done, and not how you did it.

Good writers are of necessity rare.

Would that ... a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honour become identical.

To insult someone we call him 'besti*l. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.

I'm not a singer. In 'Bye Bye Birdie, ' I think I was the sad girl who sits on the park bench during 'Put on a Happy Face.'

Art is not about objects of high monetary exchange. It's about reasserting our firsthand experience in present time.

It's your gift, to see the beauty and the horror in ordinary things. It doesn't make you crazy, just different.

[A digital snapshot] is meant primarily as a means of communication, and the images being sent are almost as ephemeral as speech, so rarely are they printed and made physical.

Red Dawn' was very resonant with a lot of people - they love that movie. I always thought it was a little hysterical.

I'm just like every other girl who likes to shop, likes to look good, likes to spend time with friends.

The alliance with air Berlin is attractive for me. I can use the whole sales network of the air Berlin and 24 percent of my own airline at air Berlin sold.

Everyone has some inner power that awaits discovery.