For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment.

Our society distributes itself into Barbarians, Philistines and Populace; and America is just ourselves with the Barbarians quite left out, and the Populace nearly.

If there ever comes a time when the women of the world come together purely and simply for the benefit of mankind, it will be a force such as the world has never known.

Our inequality materializes our upper class, vulgarizes our middle class, brutalizes our lower class.

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

Like driftwood spares which meet and pass Upon the boundless ocean-plain, So on the sea of life, alas! Man nears man, meets, and leaves again.

Philistine must have originally meant, in the mind of those who invented the nickname, a strong, dogged, unenlightened opponent of the chosen people, of the children of the light.

Life is not having and getting, but being and becoming

He will find one English book and one only, where, as in the "Iliad" itself, perfect plainness of speech is allied with perfect nobleness; and that book is the Bible.

Strew on her roses, roses, And never a spray of yew! In quiet she reposes; Ah, would that I did too!

Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.

Beautiful is who you are

I've always seen architecture as a healing art, not just as a beautification art.

It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only an honest heart and a willingness to obey God.

I like to have a martini/Two at the very most/After three I'm under the table/After four I'm under my host.

It's our choices, more than anything, that show who we really are.

Going viral isn’t random, magic, or luck. It’s a science.

There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime.

Paint like a pig eats.

I'd actually rather have a talk show in Australia than even America; I hope I do end up with a talk show.

Don't date a woman who gives you a pager number instead of a home number (she's looking for control).