One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

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

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

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

In the increasingly convincing darkness the words become palpable, like a fruit that is too beautiful to eat.

To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

Genius is sorrow's child.

I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.

In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it.

A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

Memory... is an internal rumour.

Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.