“Aldiss’s second law of thermo-linguistics states that what is most popular is rarely best and that what is best is rarely most popular.”

“The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.”

“The best of us would rather be popular than right.”

“Some people bring out the worst in you, others bring out the best, and then there are those remarkably rare, addictive ones who just bring out the most. Of everything.”

“What makes a treasure a treasure." Marine replied, "is how rare a find it is, when you need it the most.”

“Do not counsel what is most pleasant, but what is best.”

“[Black is] the most popular and the most convenient and the most elegant of all colors.”

“What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.”

“What makes a painting fascinating is its sincerity. Sincerity is such a rare thing. Most people don't dare to be sincere.”

“Perhaps the most surprise, the most shock, should arise when what is said is really most orthodox and ancient, since the tradition is so rarely re-performed in practice today.”