'Loyalty to the country always, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it'

'Irony is the echo of hypocrisy.'

'Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.'

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk.'

'The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth'