"The attempt and not the deed Confounds us."

"We do not keep the outward form of order, where there is deep disorder in the mind."

"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble."

"When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools."

"'T is better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow."

"And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence."

"I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars."

"The people who oppose your ideas the most are those who represent the establishment that your ideas will upset."

"My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare."

"Some have half-baked ideas because their ideals are not heated up enough."

"Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family!"

"Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey."