When we say we are certain so-and-so can't possibly have done it, what we mean is that we think he very likely did.

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

Lord, I want to be your slave.

Put a pair of high heels on a fellow and just look what he was reduced to.

When you're hot, it's fair, when you're not, it's foul.

Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.

For not all things are practicable on identical principles

A lot of networks don't want to touch controversial subjects, and especially stuff that deals with race and history.

We are all connected to each other, in a circle, in a hoop that never ends.

Katarina Witt. She was the ultimate competitor. She would just stare down people before competition. She was relentless on the ice.

It was as hysterical as a woman having a hot flash.

Theres very few things that tear me up and get me, but kids, especially terminally ill kids or kids with diseases... gets me every time.