I have more respect for somebody who points at his ideal - in this case the ideal of the pirate - and then becomes something that's more radical more exciting more subversive than a pirate could ever be.
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I...
The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
A good marriage is the union of the two good...
Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever...
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this except...
Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction after all has to make...
When in doubt tell the truth.
Truth is stranger than fiction but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick...
Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.
It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
I have made it a rule never to smoke more that one cigar at a time.
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must...
Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very' your editor will...
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.
The finest clothing made is a person's own skin but of course society...
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended yet in his private...
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress but I...
Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is...
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The lack of money is the root of all evil.
The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same but the...
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not...
When you fish for love bait with your heart not your brain.
What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His...
To succeed in life you need two things: ignorance and confidence.
When we remember we are all mad the mysteries disappear and life stands...
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you...
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind it takes me as much as a week...
