He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.

Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.

Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand

Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.

Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd.

Thou art a retailer of phrases, and dost deal in remnants of remnants.

Nothing but you can lay hold of my mind, and that can lay hold of nothing but you.

In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me.

Love's but the frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined; A sickly flame, which if not fed expires; And feeding, wastes in self-consuming fires.

Your politics are so far right, They're wrong.

The seed of an urban legend find fertile soil at the corner of tragedy and imagination.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PAGE: To my daughter, if you ever date anyone like the men I write, I will kick your *ss up between your ears and you will walk sideways for a month, but I’ll still love you.

Where I am today has everything to do with the years I spent hanging on to a career by my fingernails.

I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he's hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations.

I'm a really good hacker, but I'm not a sensible person.

The Left is not interested in prosperity, it is interested in equality

When my hair was shorter, I used to get it done every couple of days... but I got tired of that.

I think there are several aspects of our marraige we're going to have to work on." "Babes," he told her. "You're dead." "That's one of those aspects, obviously.

The world is still a fantastic and wondrous place to live.