Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.

There was never a century nor a country that was short of experts who knew the Deity's mind and were willing to reveal it.

Use the right word, not its second cousin.

There are some books that refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will not be persuaded. It isn't because the book is not there and worth being written -- it is only because the right form of the story does not present itself. There is only one right form for a story and if you fail to find that form the story will not tell itself.

Foreigners cannot enjoy our food, I suppose, any more than we can enjoy theirs. It is not strange; for tastes are made, not born. I might glorify my bill of fare until I was tired; but after all, the Scotchman would shake his head and say, 'Where's your haggis?' and the Fijan would sigh and say, 'Where's your missionary?'

Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.