He wondered why the pelican was the symbol of charity, except it was that it wanted a good deal of charity to admire a pelican.

Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity.

Even the moon is only poetical because there is a man in the moon.

The most poetical thing in the world is not being sick.

No man should leave in the universe anything of which he is afraid.

He had found the thing which the modern people call Impressionism, which is another name for that final scepticism which can find no floor to the universe.

The moderns say we must not punish heretics. My only doubt is whether we have the right to punish anybody else.

He seemed like a walking blasphemy, a blend of the angel and the ape.

I am not good at deception, ' said Tuesday gloomily, flushing.Right, my boy, right, ' said the President with a ponderous heartiness, 'You aren't good at anything.

Oh, most unhappy man, ' he cried, 'try to be happy! You have red hair like your sister.'My red hair, like red flames, shall burn up the world, ' said Gregory.

Her voice was now so shrill only bats would be able to hear it soon, but she had reached a level of indignation that rendered her temporarily speechless..

...and my eyes no longer gaze the same on the face of the world.

let this be our beautiful departure from stagnation

Houston, we've had a problem.

Contention is inseparable from creating knowledge. It is not contention we should try to avoid, but discourses that attempt to suppress contention.

Growing up, I was such a picky eater. I'm finally starting to expand.

To be poor, and to seem poor, is a certain method never to rise.

I never used to see anything on TV where the man was in the weaker position. It was always the female showing emotion, breaking down, being emotionally torn apart by men.

Buddha, much like everyone else has good and bad days.

When I heard Puerto Ricans in New York City, it sounded very strange. And the first time I heard someone from Spain, I thought they had a speech impediment!