I have never learned to say 'gas' for gasoline. It seems to me as absurd as if I were to say 'but' for butter.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

Lets Rock Cancer's World

Strange how something good can come from something horrible.

I mean, I suppose when I'm in London, I'm home so I'm more comfortable.

A wall is the safeguard of simplicity.

It also didn't take me long to decide that Tri-Cities wasn't for me, and that I wasn't going to go there to play basketball.

It's not good to throw back scotch with a new fetus.

The relative majesty of buildings depends more on the weight and vigour of their masses than any other tribute of their design.

Now, and in the future, my focus is entirely on pets and children. Im not a person who can turn a blind eye to injustice against them.

I used to have trouble in front of an audience. I felt uncomfortable.

A stand can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea.