All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.

When people start asking you to do the same thing over and over again, that's when you know you're way too close to something that you don't want to be near.

I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

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

The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands.

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

Freedom lies in being bold.

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

Dare to risk public criticism.

True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.

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

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.