"For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and greatest enjoyment is - to live dangerously."

"What ever lives obeys . . . he who cannot obey himself is commanded."

"Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated his doctrine."

"There is not enough religion in the world to destroy the world's religions."

"Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule."

"One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes."

"I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun."

"A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective."

"Screenwriters? Schmucks with Underwoods."

"The wise determine from the gravity of the case; the irritable, from sensibility to oppression; the high minded, from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands."

"Shut up he explained."

"Half of analysis is anal."