I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

Nothing is more permanent than the temporary fix.

Complexity isn't always your enemy, but it is never, ever, ever your friend.

Died tragically rescuing his family from the wreckage of a destroyed sinking battleship.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

So many books, so little time.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Comparison is the thief of joy.

Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone.

Everyone has a right to be stupid. Some just abuse the privilege.

The greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

Somebody once said that the library is actually the dominant life form on the planet. Humans simply exist as the reproductive means to achieve more libraries.

It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.

A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.

We suffer more from imagination than from reality.

It seems that perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to remove.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common... they don't change their views to fit the facts. They change the facts to fit their views.

Empire had the better ending. I mean, Luke gets his hand cut off, finds out Vader's his father, Han gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett. It ends on such a down note. I mean, that's what life is, a series of down endings. All Jedi had was a bunch of Muppets.

Don't just do something, stand there.