Man with a crossbow in the proper position at the proper time’s worth a corps of heavy artillery half an hour late and ten miles down the road from where it should be.

Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.

A camel is a horse designed by a committee and a committee's a sweet running piece of machinery compared to any government.

A faith-holder puts himself below his faith and lets it guide his actions. The fanatic puts himself above it and uses it as an excuse for his actions.

Unrivalled not only in its class, but in a class by itself.

Onward, and up, and up again, until the impossible was achieved, all barriers were broken, all pains conquered, all abilities possessed. Until all was lightning and no darkness left.

Why should there be some sort of virtue always attributed to a frank admission of vice?

There never was a throne yet built so high that it could not be rocked by laughter from below.

Facing facts is definitely preferable to facing defeat.

At times failure is very necessary for the artist. It reminds him that failure is not the ultimate disaster. And this reminder liberates him from the mean fussing of perfectionism.

Wear flats. You're short. It's much cooler not to pretend.

Believe in angels? Then believe in vampires. Believe in me. There are worse things on earth.

The cable makers are the ones who are willing to take risks and do something original and push the envelope some.

Government is connected to everything we do.

I never believed marriage was a lasting institution . . . I thought that to be married for five years was to be married forever.

I always had a powerful serve. It's one of the best in women's tennis. It's very good to have a weapon like that.

Every novel generates its own climate, when you get going.

Management is prediction.