There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult to find, and it needs --apart from discernment --a certain greatness to find him.

The Bible tells us to forgive our enemies, not our friends

Although I am not stupid, the mathematical side of my brain is like dumb notes upon a damaged piano.

[To Jean Harlow, who repeatedly mispronounced her first name:] No, no, Jean. The t is silent, as in Harlow.

If Kitchener was not a great man, he was, at least, a great poster.

I have always wanted to be a man, if only for the reason that I would like to have gauged the value of my intellect.

There are some people that you cannot change, you must either swallow them whole or leave them alone.