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A
classic is a book which people praise and don't read. |
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Accident
is the name of the greatest of all inventors. |
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After
all these years I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning;
it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without
her. |
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All
you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is
sure. |
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Always
do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest |
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Don't
go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing.
It was here first |
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Don't
part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist,
but you have ceased to live. |
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Familiarity
breeds contempt - and children. |
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Few
things are harder to put up with than a good example. |
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Fiction
is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't. |
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Get
your facts first and then you can distort them as much as you wish. |
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God
made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board. |
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Good
breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and
how little we think of the other person. |
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Grief
can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy must have
somebody to divide it with. |
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Humor
is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all
our irritations and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes
their place. |
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I
am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me
the position. |
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I
am prepared to meet anyone, but whether anyone is prepared for the
great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. |
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I
can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem
is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want. |
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I
was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said, "I don't
know. |
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If
you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite
you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. |
