A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most. On Other Peoples Expectations: The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.
You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.
Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not?
Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.
She has taken a patronizing fancy to her father, the Admiral, who accepts her condescension gratefully as age brings more and more home to him the futility of his social position.
We sing in a church, why can we not dance there?
Self-denial is not a virtue, it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.
If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.
You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.
What use are cartridges in battle? I always carry chocolate instead.
Independence? That’s middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
Put an Irishman on the spit and you can always get another Irishman to turn him.
There is no sincerer love than the love of food.
The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.
Find enough clever things to say, and you’re a Prime Minister; write them down and you’re a Shakespeare.
My way of joking is to tell the truth. It’s the funniest joke in the world.
Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it.
A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.
I believe in Michelangelo, Velasquez, and Rembrandt; in the might of design, the mystery of color, the redemption of all things by Beauty everlasting, and the message of Art that has made these hands blessed. Amen. Amen.
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