Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them. If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

You don't have to do anything.

My function in life was to render clear what was already blindingly conspicuous.

I'm happy. I don't ever have to pay anything, and I don't ever have to wash the dishes, and I don't ever have to behave nicely.

When asked, 'Shall I tell my mother I'm gay?', I reply, 'Never tell your mother anything.

America believes in freedom. The English don't believe in it. They don't believe in happiness.

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin.