"Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent."

"How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?"

"Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do."

"Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice."

"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."