When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.

Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.

A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.

Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.

Dare to risk public criticism.

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.

Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

Learn to give, whether you have plenty or little, whether you are happy or in pain.

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

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.

It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

Hollywood brides keep the bouquets and throw away the grooms.