Why does anyone have a lot of rules? So they can boss people around, I guess.

I don’t think man was meant to attain happiness so easily. Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

A man must claim responsibility for his own temptation, and not pin it on the woman who arouses him. It’s a gown, Sir Mark. Not even one of my more daring ones.

A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests.

Mademoiselle is a fairy," he said, whispering mysteriously.

We are kidding ourselves if we don't think of the drug business as a legitimate business. It's what funds governments. It's too much money to ignore.

You cannot learn anything from success, you only learn from failure.

Science conducts us, step by step, through the whole range of creation, until we arrive, at length, at God.

I hate repetition, I really do. It's like asking a painter to paint the same picture every day of his life.

I know one thing - if I didn't have TV and theatre and radio, the world would be a much more boring place.

All of us at reddit work here because we think that reddit is a community like none other. We think it can be a powerful force to change the world for the better.