The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.
The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.
I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.
Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven't had fourteen pairs in my life.
Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.
It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what needs to be done instead.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.
We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.
If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.
Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.
I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.
You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates.
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
