The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.

If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.

Man has the power to act as his own destroyer - and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.

It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.

The whole universe is contained within a single human being – you.

Johnny Cash has always been larger than life.

Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.

The greatest attitude of all is gratitude.

Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.

A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.

All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.

I like university professors, but you know, we shouldn't hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement. They're just a form of life, another form of life.

A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.

Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.

No mortal can keep a secret. If the lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue.