We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives

I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Thought is free.

There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.

Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.

I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets

The bat thought I was giving him the kiss of life!

I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows - his own.

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.