The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated, but not signed.

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.

An optimist is a man who has never had much experience.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

The world began when I was born and the world is mine to win

The way to fight a woman is with your hat. Grab it and run.

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.

Know thyself? A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly.