Don't lose faith. Promise yourself that you will be a success story, and I promise you that all the forces of the universe will unite to come to your aid; you might not feel today or for a while, but the longer you wait the bigger the prize.

Bible worship, though at its best it may achieve sublimity by keeping its head in the skies, may also make itself both ridiculousand dangerous by having its feet off the ground.

The only person who acts sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. Everyone else goes by their old measurements.

In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured, but in a nursing home they don't let you out till you are dead.

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

We are not taught to think decently on sex subjects, and consequently we have no language for them except indecent language.

Martyrdom is the only path to immortality that requires no talent whatsoever.