We are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow-worm.

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.

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.?

In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.

Courage is grace under pressure.

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.

Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.

Not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.