Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind pitiless indifference.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

Effective action is always unjust.

The traditional ways were wrongly disowned by Christianity - in hindsight, medicine men were not demons but very important counsellors in the community.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.