The paranoid is never entirely mistaken.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.

I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Tell me thy company, and I shall tell thee what thou art.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.

Never lend your car to someone you've given birth to.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.