You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

He has a magic touch. He can turn a G into a C. My heart was made of gold

I'm so careless that now i don't even care if i cared for you.

Is there life in other families?

Every generation and every group brings the door into other things.

I'm very proud of 'Platoon,' but at the end of it I was done. I was done.

I'm sort of in for a penny, in for a pound with Star Trek, It's my life at this point. To deny it would just be foolish.

The asymmetries of power that have shaped relations between the West and the rest of the world also exist in the realm of literary criticism.

They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?

Sometimes you do have to bank on yourself. You do have to believe in your ideas enough to really get out there and fight for it despite what people think of some young kids from the hood.

I believe that one can aspire to as much as one wants to.