"Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too."

"I don't understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses."

"Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be."

"People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them."

"We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds."

"A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer. He is a man who has signed a contract with his conscious and his sense of duty."

"With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another."

"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one."

"Some things have to be believed to be seen."

"I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief."

"Remember that what you believe will depend very much on what you are."

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."