It is safer and wiser to cure unhealthy rivalry than to suppress it.

All is fair in war, and starvation is one of the weapons of war. I don't see why we should feed our enemies fat in order for them to fight harder.

Wise people are motivated by the quotes and by the books.

Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood.

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

I often think that eventually I'd love to do some papers... my correspondence if life calms down a bit, but I think I'd do history or English literature... I've had enough of journos.

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I don't want to be anything other than what we are. I want to just be a woman.

There is no body will go to hell for company.

A tin horn politician with the manner of a rural corn doctor and the mien of a ham actor

My grandmother, she say I shouldn't be playing. I should go to church. Fially, I say I'm going do this, I'm going do it. And she got where she didn't bother me about it.

Q: Prove God doesn’t exist. A: That’s a tough one. Show me how it’s done by proving Zeus and Apollo don’t exist, and I’ll use your method.

It was considered very bad form to wish authors on their birthdays 'many happy returns.