There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

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

Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'.

A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.?

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

The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene.'

Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.

It ain't over 'til it's over.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.