As long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people. But I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp. This, sir, is my resignation.

Though children can accept adults as adults, adults can never accept children as anything but adults too.

I say money has no value; it's just the way you spend it.

No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.

She is like all the rest of them. Whether they are seventeen or fortyseven, when they finally come to surrender completely, it's going to be in words.

Only the peak feels so sound and stable that the beginning of the falling is hidden for a little while.

Pouring out liquor is like burning books.