It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

The great dramatist has something better to do than to amuse either himself or his audience. He has to interpret life.

What God hath joined together no man shall put asunder: God will take care of that.

I can't turn your soul on. Leave me those feelings; and you can take away the voice and the face. They are not you.

A man of genius is not a man who sees more than other men do. On the contrary, it is very often found that he is absentminded andobserves much less than other people.... Why is it that the public have such an exaggerated respect for him--after he is dead? The reason is that the man of genius understands the importance of the few things he sees.

The reasonable man will adjust to the demands of his environment. The unreasonable man expects his environment to adjust to his own needs. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.