It is not enough that I should succeed. Others must fail.

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

Either I'm dead or my watch has stopped.

What we see depends on mainly what we look for.

All other things being equal, a bald man cannot be elected President of the United States.

"Listen to what I say, not what I mean. I mean ...."

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

You will remember, Watson, how the dreadful business of the Abernetty family was first brought to my notice by the depth which the parsley had sunk into the butter upon a hot day.

All [zoos] actually offer to the public in return for the taxes spent upon them is a form of idle and witless amusement, compared to which a visit to a penitentiary, or even to a State legislature in session, is informing, stimulating and ennobling.

Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning.

Competitive fury is not always anger. It is the true missionary's courage and zeal in facing the possibility that one's best may not be enough.

Governor Tarkin. I should have expected to find you holding Vader's leash. I thought I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board.

I've got Hubert's pecker in my pocket.

None love the bearer of bad news.