All the world's a cage.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
A smiling face is half the meal.
What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one's self!
My home is not a place, it is people.
You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.'

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.
We were in the open concourse where the turnstiles were. It was hardly any better here -- the enclosed space sent the voices around us echoing back in a roar that made my head ring, and the smell and feeling of all those bodies made me feel a claustrophobia I'd never known I was prone to.
Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.
Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.
I'd never really believed in terrorists before.
Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.
The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.
All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors.
If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to recommit, to be whole-hearted once again.

It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon. Which raises the fear that it may not be long before we're paying somebody not to.
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.
There?s so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?
I use an optimistic, positive approach to deal with my symptoms and it came the hard way, before I learned to laugh with myself a little.
Depend not on another, but lean instead on thyself...True happiness is born of self-reliance.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
The only difference between a rut and a grave... is in their dimensions.
Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts.
More movement, and the sense of bodies being shackled in alongside of me.
Facts are the enemy of truth.

I guess we'd be living in a boring, perfect world if everybody wished everybody else well.
Laughter is supposed to be the best medicine, however, it should never be at the expense of someone’s feelings or ignoring truth.
I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself.
The engine died and then the doors swung open.
Challenge is a dragon with a gift in its mouth?Tame the dragon and the gift is yours.
It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.
They can conquer who believe they can.
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can.

I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me they are wonderful things for other people to go on.
Many people weigh the guilt they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take.
The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.
If you really do put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.
I'd learned my lesson.
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am in, therin to be content
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving.
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
I strained around against the crowd and saw Van looking with disgust at an older guy in a nice suit who was kind of smirking at her. She was digging in her purse and I knew what she was digging for.
The car rocked back and forth and tipped uphill.

We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.
Play: Work that you enjoy doing for nothing.
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.
The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
I ended up stepping on her stomach as the crowd pushed me past her, but by then I don't think she was feeling anything.
I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself.
To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?

TV is chewing gum for the eyes.
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
We rocked to a stop still on a downslope.
I went up the stairs cautiously, not able to use my hands.
Take a two-mile walk every morning before breakfast.
Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.
If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.

When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong-- or absolutely right.
The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.
It's never just a game when you're winning.
I lived what most people call the good life. I was happy, but deep inside I always felt that, with the short amount of time we are given to live and love in this world, we spend too much time loving things instead of people.
Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.
You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.
Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power.
No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.
Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.
Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.

If you really do put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.
Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
Worrying about them always struck me as about as useful as worrying about getting hit by lightning.
I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.
In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love, though I'd stepped in it a few times.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.
A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.
Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Van was screaming something and Jolu was shouting and I looked at them for a second and that was when someone put a coarse.
Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.
Late to bed and late to wake will keep you long on money and short on mistakes.
The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier.
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
See things as they are and write about them. Don?t waste your creative energy trying to make things up. Even if you are writing fiction, write the things you see and know.
I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporaly out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.