When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.
Common sense is not so common.
Moonlight is sculpture.
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.
To find a man's true character, play golf with him.
Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.
The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.
Once you label me you negate me.
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.
Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.
Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.
I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.