I can think of nothing more gallant, even though again and again we fail, than attempting to get at the facts; attempting to tell things as they really are. For at least reality, though never fully attained, can be defined. Reality is that which, when you don’t believe in it, doesn’t go away.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

Realize that everything connects to everything else.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes

A man who moralizes is a hypocrite, and a woman who does so is invariably plain.

I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules.

Good heavens! how marriage ruins a man! It's as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

How long could you love a woman who didn't love you, Cecil?
A woman who didn't love me? Oh, all my life!

I like talking to a brick wall- it's the only thing in the world that never contradicts me!