There is something shameful about the death of a play. It does not die with pity, but contempt.

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.

It is not an external enemy we dread. Our foe is shut up within ourselves. An internal warfare is daily waged by us.

Little girl, a memory without blot or contamination must be an exquisite treasure-an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment:is it not?

There's no buying a greasy breakfast in L.A. - it's all organic juices.

I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.

As for earthquakes, though they were still formidable, they were so interesting that men of science could hardly regret them.

Play every game as if your job depended on it. It just might.

Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later.

A lot of problems we are facing, essentially, man made problem. Own creation. Not due to lack of intelligence.

My fun days are over.

If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.