There must be nothing in my daily conduct that, copied by another, could lead that one into unholiness..

It’s not what you do some of the time that counts, it’s what you do all of the time that counts..

I'm far too middle-class to morally object to a paying job..

Nothing good comes out of depression..

Yes. I've been asked to pose nude, but I never have, and I probably never will..

The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men..

So many see themselves as aggrieved; so few see themselves as aggrievers..

Jen, we did it. Everyone's free now..

Nothing good ever comes without a price..

If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age..

Where civilization entailed the corruption of barbarian virtues and the creation of dependent people, I decided, I was opposed to civilization..

There is held to be no surer test of civilization than the increase per head of the consumption of alcohol and tobacco. Yet alcohol and tobacco are r….

You can't get it right, until you make it wrong..

I am a writer, not a transcriber..

Civilization is a perishable commodity..

I've lived my life dealing with everybody. And that's how it's always been for me..

I'm voraciously looking to express myself in my work. I love my work..

The real people who hold our civilization together are the maintenance people. If it weren't for them - pumping water out of subways, painting bridge….

Frankly, once I've eaten a thing, I don't expect to see it again..

When I sing, I always relive a part of my life..

On its own, having escaped my grasp, the spool I had loosed was unwinding..