Must be a yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please. Rules, laws - always for other fellow. A murky part of us, something we had before we came down out of trees, and failed to shuck when we stood up.

My folks tried to make a preacher of me and missed by a narrow margin… I would have made a good one if I hadn’t fallen into the fatal folly of reading anything I could lay hands on. With just a touch more self confidence and a liberal helping of ignorance I could have been a famous evangelist.

Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any other language.

Peace is an extension of war by political means. Plenty of elbow-room is pleasanter -- and much safer.

Anyone can see a forest fire. Skill lies in sniffing the first smoke.

People who are busy and happy don't write diaries; they are too busy living.

Working because you want to is the best sort of play.