Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.
When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.