Dogmas of every kind put assertion in the place of reason and give rise to more contention, bitterness, and want of charity than any other influence in human affairs.

A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.

London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.

When the impossible has been eliminated, all that remains no matter how improbable is possible.

Look for mein sleepless nights, among the stars, I’ll be your guiding star...Look for mein the moments of happiness, on a green field, I’ll be your joy....

Your mind is a mirror and you see yourself in it again and again.

Longing for love makes a woman beautiful and beloved.

I don't think 'Sugar Man' is a music doc any more than 'The Social Network' is about computers. It just happens to have the best soundtrack ever.

In this respect, granting homosexuals the right to marry is like granting plantation owners the right to own slaves.

Success is a very fragile veneer. I get wary of people who embrace celebrity. It ruins people.

Nobody is strong enough to not be influenced.

Identity politics isn't old school! It's still alive and well.

Brookfield High School. How may I direct your call? No, sir, this is not a waste- disposal unit, I'm afraid you have the wrong number.

There are all kinds of writers. The best writers write children's books.