That's the whole trouble. You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any.

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Happiness is but a mere episode in the general drama of pain.

War makes good history but peace is poor reading.

Women are attracted to silent men. They believe they are listening.

We don't talk, we hold forth. We don't converse, we expound.

Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.

Nobody who's really using his ego, his real ego, has any time for any goddam hobbies

It's not too bad when the sun's out, but the sun only comes out when it feels like coming out.

I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice.

Give me an honest con man any day.

I don't even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.

I knew it wasn't too important, but it made me sad anyway.

I could happily lie down and die sometimes.

I can be quite sarcastic when I'm in the mood.

People are mostly hot to have a discussion when you're not.

Sentimentality is loving something more than God does.

I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do