I detest so much ... those persons, who insist upon telling you everything - who labor every point, as the lawyers say, as if they thought all excellence consisted in length.

Autumn glows upon us like a splendid evening; it is the very sunset of the year.

Does it not appear to you versatility is the true and rare characteristic of that rare thing called genius-versatility and playfulness? In my mind they are both essential.

I foresee that the Andersen and Fairy Tale fashion will not last; none of these things away from general nature do.

To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun.

Friendship is the bread of the heart.

I place flowers in the very first rank of simple pleasures; and I have no very good opinion of the hard worldly people who take no delight in them.

Nothing so pretty to look at as my garden!

She was the prettiest, silliest, most affected, husband-hunting butterfly ever.

We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish.

A novel should be as like life as a painting, but not as like life as a piece of waxwork.

without the bombardment of thoughts, the truth will emerge through intuition.

Prejudice doesn't allow one to accept another at a higher level. However their values or views might be respected.

While knowledge is orderly and cumulative, information is random and miscellaneous.

No sale, no commission. No commission, no eat. That made an impression on me.

I like a good challenge. And I like to feel that I'm always learning something new.

You're here, and the only dance I want is this one.

Greed is good! Greed is right! Greed works! Greed will save the U.S.A.!

You don't approach a case with the philosophy of applying abstract justice-you go in to win

If you know only the name, you know nothing.

I have a list in my mind and in my heart of actors who have been extraordinarily kind, and Hugh Laurie is near the top.