They [the English] have a special word, "civil," for what is elsewhere merely ordinary politeness.

Only the curious will learn and only the resolute will overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.

Keep going; never stop; sit tight; Read something luminous at night.

I really can't stand any more to pay for a burst of animation when someone comes in for drinks with a depressed and low-keyed next day, in which I have to go around on my hands and knees.

If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

In times of disorder and stress, the fanatics play a prominent role; in times of peace, the critics. Both are shot after the revolution.

In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the same book twice.