The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
If from Society we learn to live Tis Solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers.
One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's, privacy.
It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.
Forewarned, forearmed. To be prepared is half the victory.
Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
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.
Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.
He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.
Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.
But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.
I want to put a ding in the universe.
In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.
So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the inside.
Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus.
Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.
