It would be good to live in a perpetual state of leave-taking, never to go nor to stay, but to remain suspended in that golden emotion of love and longing; to be loved without satiety.

I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.

I need a dog pretty badly. I dreamed of dogs last night. They sat in a circle and looked at me and I wanted all of them.

In nature two things do not occur-the wheel and good taste.

The literature of science is filled with answers found when the question propounded had an entirely different direction and end.

An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion.

We can shoot rockets into space but we can't cure anger or discontent.