No man with any sense assumes that a woman's words mean to her exactly what they mean to him.

[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

The only thing I want is something I can't have; and that is to know if, 100 years from now, people will still buy my books.

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

Measure your minds height by the shadow it casts.

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.

Sarcasm is not the rapier of wit its wielders seem to believe it to be, but merely a club: it may, by dint of brute force, occasionally raise bruises, but it never cuts or pierces.

The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold - if you have one.

I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.

We live in the tension between neophillia, or attraction to new things, and neophobia, or fear of new things.

It's cool to be healthy.

Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art.

God tells us not to judge one another, no matter what anyone's sexual preferences are or if they're black, brown or purple.

I don't think we should read for instruction but to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.

My mom always made sure I lived my life as a regular kid.

It's a very strange league, the Championship, because on any given match day, any team can beat any other team.

If we can't export the scenery, we'll import the tourists.