An unromantic poem I mean to make, of one who only lives for duty's sake.

The sea possesses a power over one's moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Don't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.

The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority

...I'm no longer prepared to accept what people say and what's written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.

I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.

There is something so awe-inspiring in great afflictions that even in the worst times the first emotion of a crowd has generally been to sympathise with the sufferer in a great catastrophe.

I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being.

Jazz was born out of the whiskey bottle, was raised on marijiana, and will expire on cocaine.

People know if you've got the goods, if you're easy to work with, and if you can get the job done.

The country has come a long way in race relations, but the pendulum swings so far back. Everyone wants to be so sensitive.

If the Prodigal Son's a parable, and if Adam and Eve are metaphors, then maybe God is just figure of speech.

I have always felt better taking a risk than an easier route for what I believe in.

You must suggest to me reality---you can never show me reality.

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

Distorting attacks when people already don't trust you is not smart.