I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.
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.
Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.
Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.
After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.
Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.
There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.
I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
That which costs little is less valued.
It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what needs to be done instead.
I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets
I can see in your eyes, I can see in your faces, I can see you cry. But what I want to say, there's no reason to cry. Do not, in the name of peace, go in the streets and riot.
All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.
The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.
Our greatest foes - and whom we must chiefly combat - are within.
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.