"Thoughts come through people, not from them."

"Shopping is better than sex. If you're not satisfied after shopping you can make an exchange for something you really like."

"There's some things that people don't admit because they don't like the way it sounds."

"It will yet be the proud boast of women that they never contributed a line to the Bible."

"He who says, 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me,' has not been hit by a dictionary."

"A good laugh is sunshine in a house."

"The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."

"There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. And one of these is the history of political power. This is elevated into the history of the world."

"The heart knoweth his own bitterness."

"To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful."

"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once."

"My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world."