There was no more dangerous kind of madman than one who devoted a good brain and a courageous heart to unhealthy ambitions.

The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit.

Americans need bullshit the way koala bears need eucalyptus leaves. They've become totally addicted to it. They get so much of it back home that they can't survive without it.

By means of our myths and legends we maintain a sense of what we are worth and who we are. Without them we should undoubtedly go mad.

The Lords of Chaos are the enemies of Logic, the jugglers of Truth, the molders of Beauty

Because I had sought to challenge Destiny, Destiny had taken vengeance.

Destiny's Champion, Fate's fool. Eternity's Soldier, Time's Tool.

I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.

It is almost impossible to have a baseless snobbish opinion of the General Theory of Relativity.

Treasures are not won by care and forethought but by swift slaying and reckless attack.

The subtlest lie of all is the full truth.

The worst part of being okay is that okay is far from happy.

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable ... we must be content to creep along the ground and can never soar.

I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather.

In everything one thing is impossible: rationality.

Whosoever says truffle, utters a grand word, which awakens erotic and gastronomic ideas.

The state of our state is fragile, but I know our spirit and love for Nevada is not.

People tend to pair off that way, Cath thought, in matched sets.

The world is a demon. It is a kingdom of which the puny ego is king. Put it away and stand firm.

Language, identity and forms of life are the terms in which political demands are shaped and voiced.

I don't know much about football. I know what a goal is, which is surely the main thing about football.