The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic
Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.
The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.
He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.
It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.
I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
Every man's memory is his private literature.
The bat thought I was giving him the kiss of life!
In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power.
Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.
All that spirits desire, spirits attain.
When one door is closed, don't you know that many more are open
Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.
It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.
Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus.
The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
A good liar must have a good memory.
