One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a really beautiful woman is after considerable acquaintance with her; and the rule applies to Niagara Falls, to majestic mountains, and to mosques-especially to mosques.

If the world ends, I'll just head on down to Kentucky because they're always 20 years behind.

If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare.

The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it

Genius has no youth, but starts with the ripeness of age and old experience.

Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity - these are strictly confined to man; he invented them. Among the higher animals there is no trace of them. They hide nothing. They are not ashamed.

There is no accounting for human beings.