All theory is against free will; all experience is for it.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man

No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere:I see heaven's glories shine, And faith shines equal, arming me from fear

We can cure the disease of intolerance. We must do it if the world is to survive. No us. No them. Just we.

I think our sexuality is all yet to be recounted and that the rich male literary tradition constitutes a huge obstacle.

Night begins to muffle up the day.

I love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film.

I've never done anything deliberately; I just speak my mind, and that is what I consistently do and will always do in any way shape or form that I can.

If I had the flag that Betsy Ross worked so hard on, I wouldn't destroy it. I'd put it up on EBay because it's gotta be worth some serious coin. And that is the American way.

Let's say 'Yes' to life and 'No' to death.

I believe that any doctor that performs an abortion, I would advocate that any doctor that performs an abortion, should be criminally charged for doing so.