Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.

People hate those who make them feel their own inferiority.

That all men are equal is a proposition which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent.

If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.

It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.

You know everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y plus Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.

Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.

My parents only had one argument in forty-five years. It lasted forty-three years.

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.

A very popular error - having the courage of one's convictions: Rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack upon one's convictions.

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.

America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.

Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.