As the archaeology of our thought easily shows, man is an invention of recent date. And one perhaps nearing its end.
I'm very fond of Norfolk. My husband came from there and the kids love it. Devon is beautiful, too.
Romanticism has never been properly judged. Who was there to judge it? The critics!
I wanted to cut down on the profanity, because I think I'm funnier without sayin' a lot of cuss words.
I just want you to know you aren't going to church with a crook.
But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of facts.
I could take Sean Connery in a fight... I could definitely take him.
America is God's Crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming!
Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S.
I still buy nice pieces but, at the moment, they're presents for other people, so I only collect vicariously.
I think Picasso was, without doubt, the greatest portraitist of the 20th century, if not any other century.
Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.
Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.
The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people.
Writing for me is cutting out the fat and getting to the meaning.
Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what we make out of what they do to us.
I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction.
Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other.
In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.
It's always good to take an orthogonal view of something. It develops ideas.