“How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.”

“Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of cigar stumps and empty matchboxes.”

“You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.”

“If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.”

“Why always "not yet"?  Do flowers in spring say "not yet"? ”

“За да намерим приятел, трябва да си затворим едното око, за да го запазим – двете”

“I don’t trust compliments. I’ve been getting them for years. Sometimes I deserve them, sometimes I didn’t. But generally when people give you compliments there’s one of two things wrong with them. Either they’re false, or what’s worse is they’re sincere. They really mean the compliment. And then they’re offering you their loyalty. And I’m kind of a stingy… Well, I don’t necessarily want to give all that loyalty back. So either way, let’s skip the compliments.”