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Thoughts give birth to a creative force that is neither elemental nor sidereal. Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow. When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven, as it were and from it the work that he desires to create flows into him. For such is the immensity of man that he is greater than heaven and earth.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well as now.

Money is in some respects life's fire it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.

There's a sucker born every minute.

Advertising is like learning -- a little is a dangerous thing.

The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.

The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein it rejects it.

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.

What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.

Your brain can only absorb what your ass can endure.

You are 87% water; the other 13% keeps you from drowning.

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

Has anybody ever seen a drama critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good.

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

If not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

To my daughter Leonora without whose never failing sympathy and encouragement this book would have been completed in half the time.

A man's subconscious self is not the ideal companion. It lurks for the greater part of his life in some dark den of its own, hidden away, and emerges only to taunt and deride and increase the misery of a miserable hour.

At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

Boyhood, like measles, is one of those complaints which a man should catch young and have done with, for when it comes in middle life it is apt to be serious.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

If not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

Boyhood, like measles, is one of those complaints which a man should catch young and have done with, for when it comes in middle life it is apt to be serious.

At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government do it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy.

A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.

Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

The preamble to the Constitution states We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare... It doesn't say guarantee the general welfare. And it certainly doesn't say give welfare benefits to all the people in the country who aren't doing so well even if the reason they aren't doing so well is because they're sitting on their butts in front of the TV.

There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible.

Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him, Easy-going enough once you acknowledge his power.

Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.

Politicians are interested in people. Not that it is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.

Skiing consists of wearing 3,000 worth of clothes and equipment and driving 200 miles in the snow in order to stand around at a bar and drink.

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.

Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is.

Never fight an inanimate object.

Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen.

Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.

With Epcot Center the Disney corporation has accomplished something I didn't think possible in today's world. They have created a land of make-believe that's worse than regular life.

My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going to be scared.

In science as in love, too much concentration on technique can often lead to impotence.

Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.

You must live with people to know their problems, and live with God in order to solve them.

Wagner drives the nail into your head with swinging hammer blows.

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.

In science as in love, too much concentration on technique can often lead to impotence.

Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.