Churchill was one of the few men I have met who even in the flesh give me the impression of genius. George Bernard Shaw is another. It is amusing to know that each thinks the other is overrated.

Making a cartoon occupied usually about three full days, two spent in labour and one in removing the appearance of labour.

Some critics of my work took the view that a satirist should defer to the finer feelings of his readers and respect widely held beliefs.

I have never met anyone who wasn't against war. Even Hitler and Mussolini were, according to themselves.

Be strong in soul.

It is safe to say that the U.S. Congress is now run by paid staffers, not by people elected to do the job.

The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy.

But some, besides allegiance to their original error, possess I know not what fanciful interest in remaining hostile not so much toward the things in question as toward their discoverer.

Virtue is the habit of acting according to wisdom.

Theologians consider that it was the sin of pride, the sinful thought conceived in an instant: non serviam: I will not serve. That instant was his [Lucifer's] ruin.

[Intellectual courage is] the quality that allows one to believe in one's judgement in the face of disappointment and widespread skepticism. Intellectual courage is even rarer than physical courage.

The concept of a 'just' or 'fair' price is devoid of any scientific meaning; it is a disguise for wishes, a striving for a state of affairs different from reality.

In Chinese, the word for heart and mind is the same -- Hsin. For when the heart is open and the mind is clear they are of one substance, of one essence.

I get a great high from writing.