Wisdom usually grows up on us like calluses when we are old, gnarled and bent.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

Art was an additional emotion applied to skillful technique.

In the realm of the unknown there is an infinite power for good.

This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.

A man is what a woman makes him and a woman makes herself.

I have yet to know a poor man who has nostalgia for poverty.

The world cannot be wrong if in this world there's you.

I neither believe nor disbelieve anything.

Faith is a precursor of all our ideas.

I am what I am: an individual, unique and different.

I've arrived at the age where a platonic friendship can be sustained on the highest moral plane.

“The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.”

“In the end, everything is a gag.”

“I suppose that’s one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.

“That’s the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.”

“I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can’t help it. It’s the truth.”

“Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.” 

 “Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.”

“Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.”

“I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.”

“Patriotism is too deep a feeling to depict in the posing for a photograph.”

“Why should poetry have to make sense?

“The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.” 

“In the light of our egos, we are all dethroned monarchs.”

“You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men!

“I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.”

“Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

“I’d sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

“I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror.

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

Beware what you set your heart upon. For it surely shall be yours. 

Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose. 

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching. 

A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and adore.

Speak the truth, and all nature and all spirits help you with unexpected furtherance.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

The first wealth is health.

He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.

God will not have his work made manifest by cowards. Always, always, always, always, always do what you are afraid to do. Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.

We walk alone in the world. Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

Better to know a few things which are good and necessary than many things which are useless and mediocre.

Wherever a man comes, there comes revolution. The old is for slaves.

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.

The soul active sees absolute truth; and utters truth, or creates.