Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.

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

To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it.

Any non-commissioned officer is more of an enemy to a recruit, any schoolmaster to a pupil, then they are if they were free.

All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.

Each soul is potentially divine.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.

The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

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

Fashion changes, but style endures.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'

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

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.