A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

It is nearly 50 years since I was assured by a conclave of doctors that if I did not eat meat I should die of starvation.

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.

You see things and you say, 'Why?'. But I dream things and I say, 'Why not?'.

Give me the artist who breathes it like a native, and goes about his work in it as quietly as a common man goes about his ordinary business. Mozart did so; and that is why I like him. Even if I did not, I should pretend to; for a taste in his music is a mark of caste among musicians, and should be worn, like a tall hat, by the amateur who wishes to pass for a true Brahmin.

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief.

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.