"Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child."

"Poetry is the utterance of deep and heartfelt truth. The true poet is very near the oracle."

"Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years."

"Canadians are cold so much of the time that many of them leave instructions to be cremated."

"The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith."

"If people did not prefer reaping to sowing, there would not be a hungry person in the land."

"He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death."

"In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity."

"That which is not just is not law."

"I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best."

"While I am not a fan of corporal punishment, I am not a fan of his friends Major Nuisance or General Disturbance."

"That's it baby, when you got it, flaunt it."