I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnson.

We must take our friends as they are.

A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.

I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good.

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.

For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnson.

What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading!

I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.

A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.

I who have no sisters or brothers look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.

A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess but a friend loves the man himself.

What a curious creature is man With what a variety of powers and faculties is he endued Yet how easily is he disturbed and put out of order

I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.

Many infidels have maintained that Ignorance is the mother of Devotion.

The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical.

The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.

I got so excited about it. I was like, 'Yes! I won a Grammy!' And then my manager was like, 'No, you did not win a Grammy. You were part of a song that won a Grammy. Rihanna won a Grammy.'

Lying is not only a defense mechanism its also a coping mechanism and a survival technique.

I had to wait for a long time before I could support myself with writing. However, being a writer is what I have most wanted to be, from the time I was a child.

Without knocking Impact Wrestling, your contribution was largely limited to what you could do in the TV show. WWE is a bigger company with a bigger infrastructure and a lot more ways to make a contribution.

I have been one of the guys who have been skeptical of global warming from the beginning. The jury is obviously still out on it. We see nothing but conflicting reports from across the globe. I'm not sure; I'm not a scientist.

Religious dogma is akin to an appetizer with no garnish.

Some kid gets his first iPhone, signs up to Twitter, and then tweets, 'Nikki Sixx sucks.' And I'm supposed to take that personally.

If you've got to work for the rest of your life, you'd better do something you'll enjoy.

Driving at high speed where safe and legal is part of my life. As well as a higher top speed I wanted even better stability in my FX and that meant work on the aerodynamics.

My kids are my life and the thought of someone taking them away from me is my worst nightmare.

I think I was born into an incredibly fortunate environment.

Looking in the mirror to check if my tie is straight is a waste of my time. I only look in the mirror once a day, and that's in the morning when I shave.

I was in the equity-trading department at Merrill Lynch. I was there in 1987 when the market crashed.

You are happiest when you are most humble. You are most miserable when you are egotistical.

Unfortunately, teatime in London is when people in Los Angeles arrive in their offices and pick up the phone.

The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black.

A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder.

The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.

If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers

Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an illustration of the progress we still have to make.

The tax code is now nine times longer than the Bible, and not nearly as interesting.

Stability leads to instability. The more stable things become and the longer things are stable, the more unstable they will be when the crisis hits.

Preventing terrorist attacks is of the highest important, but trashing the Constitution is not the right way to do it.