There are some people who don't conform to the signals. An ordinary well-regulated locomotive slows down or pulls up when it sees the red light hoisted against it. Perhaps I was born color blind. When I see the red signal -- I can't help forging ahead. And in the end, you know, that spells disaster.

Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

Everything has got its right size. When it is its right size and well run it's the tops.

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.

I admit," I said, "that a second murder in a book often cheers things up." - Hastings

To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.