My wish is to ride the tempest, tame the waves, kill the sharks. I will not resign myself...
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
He had learned over the years that poor people did not feel so poor when allowed to give occasionally.
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.