This is our mercury, our lunary, but whosoever thinks of any other water besides this, is ignorant and foolish, never attaining to the desired effects. – George Ripley
And I do have one surefire plot I have not and probably never will write because of my fear someone will carry it out. – Greg Iles
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence. – H. L. Mencken
One of the exciting things about reporting is going to places you’ve never been to before. – H. G. Bissinger
The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened. – Hector Hugh Munro
I’ve never liked categories; I’ve never liked boxes; I’ve always tried to be unconventional as much as I possibly could. – Gary Dourdan
There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be. – Henry David Thoreau
A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there. – H. L. Mencken
I would never say President Obama doesn’t have the capacity to continue to serve because of his statement that there are 56 states. – Gerald Walpin
I’ve never been antiregulation. I’ve always believed that raw, unregulated capitalism doesn’t work. – Henry Paulson
We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. – Henri Frederic Amiel
A writer should never allow himself to be lulled out of the vigilance native to his profession. – Howard Jacobson
Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible, and truly it seems that we are never so alive as when we concern ourselves with other people. – Harry Chapin
The lives of prisoners of war after they are returned is almost never discussed, never explored. – Gideon Raff
I have never experienced anything like walking out onto the stage of an oversold venue and, before the first note is struck, realizing that there is not going to be enough oxygen for all of us. – Henry Rollins
When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted. – Harrison Birtwistle
It was never my intention to marry anybody. Economics are basically the only reason to get married, but I’m very glad I did it. – Helen Mirren