"Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives."

"People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk."

"When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized."

"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."

"Surely being a Professional Beauty - let alone an ageing one - is one of the most insecure and doomed careers imaginable."

"I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car."

"It is a subtle truth that stand firm when justice demands it, even if you stand entirely alone — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place."