Asking questions will get you the performance you are after far more than dictating demands.

This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or...""Repair boy.""Very funny, Piper.

Men are always optimists when they look inwards, and pessimists when they look around them.

Sometimes, we think faster than what we write.

A great perfumer can take the visual perfection of living flowers and materials and elongate and morph it's lifespann into olfactory bliss.

I met a girl and we ran away, I swore I'd make her happy every day. And how I made her cry, two faces have I.

It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.

Unless you are a fortune-teller, long-term business planning is a fantasy.

There is no power without justice.

We would have to give out something for the poor in India. It is my responsibility to give the people an account of every rupee. I will use it at right places. I won't let it get stolen.

A liar is always lavish of oaths. [Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.]