Any man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool. Any man who is still a communist at the age of thirty is an even bigger fool.

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

I am the most spontaneous speaker in the world because every word, every gesture, and every retort has been carefully rehearsed.

My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as those of a believer in creative revolution. I desire that no public monument or work of art or inscription or sermon or ritual service commemorating me shall suggest that I accepted the tenets peculiar to any established church or denomination nor take the form of a cross or any other instrument of torture or symbol of blood sacrifice.

I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to find that men of ordinary capacity can learn Sanskrit in less time that it takes me to buy a German Dictionary

Our first duty, to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor.

I'm sick of all the reasonable people: they see all the reasons for doing nothing