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

Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

Boards don't hit back.

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

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

I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.

It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.

Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned.

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.

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

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.

You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you.

Ah just act the way ah feel.