I am opposed to authority, that egg of misery and oppression; I am opposed to it largely for what it does to those who exercise it.

Although wealth may not bring happiness, the immediate prospect of it provides a wonderfully close imitation.

Wit is the unexpected copulation of ideas.

The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words.

Why there you are, Stephen,' cried Jack. 'You are come home, I find.' That is true,' said Stephen with an affectionate look: he prized statements of this kind in Jack.

... it has always seemed to me that books are the supreme decorations of a room

There is a systematic flocci-nauci-nihili-pilification of all other aspects of existence that angers me.

We understood one another better before ever I opened my mouth

Compulsion is the death of friendship.

We are always the most violent against those whom we have injured.

Jack, you've debauched my sloth.

Aggression like this demanded slinging the first punch in a bar brawl, firing rounds at a range, or setting a car on fire.

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.

If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.

They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.

Because we are free, we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere.

If you ever go to talk to an editor you don't want to be able to turn down a job because you can't do what is necessary.

The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody.

Control the publics perception of you and nobody will care if you have any talent.

Expectation is a powerful attractive force.