I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

If from Society we learn to live Tis Solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers.

I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price.

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

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we can't dance synonyms.

Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect-and I don't live to be-but before you start pointing fingers... make sure your hands are clean!

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

A jug fills drop by drop.

To the young people I say, you are a gift to your communities and indeed the world. You are our hope and our future.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.