“Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?”

“If you're trying to keep it a secret, Miles, why are you going around telling everyone"?”

“The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.”

“You must understand the whole of life,
not just one little part of it.
that is why you must read,
that is why you must look at the skies,
that is why you must sing and dance,
and write poems and suffer and understand,
for all that is life.”

“Success on that scale don't make for happiness. Look at Asquith. Why does he drink? I wouldn't want you to end up a drunkard like that.”

“Why is it when you want the ground to swallow you whole, it decides to stop trying? -Ethon”

“The real secret is why love starts out with claws like a cat and then fades with time like a half-eaten mouse.”

“Nobody gives a crap about ethics. That’s why people like me will always be successful.”

“Why am I fighting to live,
If I am just living to fight
Why am I trying to see.
When there aint nothing in sight
Why am I trying to give,
When no one gives me a try
Why am I dying to live,
If I am just living to die?”

“Why don't you sit right down and stay awhile?
We like the same things and I like your style
Its not a secret; why do you keep it?
I'm just sitting on the shelf”