Because reputation lags achievement, we should expect people to reach the zenith of their reputation well past the zenith of their productive output

I’ve become less conservative since the Republican Party started becoming goofy.

Fact is often stranger than fiction because most writers of fiction try to make their stories plausible.

A diversity of approaches is necessary if there is to be a good chance of hitting on one that works. Progress is a social undertaking & achievement, because people see things differently

We have a tendency to assume people are a unity, and thus good people all good, etc. But the fact that Hitler was good to dogs and children isn't a paradox.

In a religiously uniform culture, it is natural for people to take for granted the truth of the prevailing religion and its associated metaphysical propositions.

Everyone must be given the opportunity to think, read and write.

When you are young, feelings are your truth. Love is how you feel. The years have taught me that love is not an emotion that you feel about someone, but what you do for them.

Common sense does not ask an impossible chessboard but takes the one before it and plays the game.

The golden rule is of no use whatsoever unless you realize that it is your move.

God is a kooky God who can scarcely bear to be without us.

Two blacks make no white; two wrongs do not make a right.

After a lifetime of silence, it is difficult then to speak.

Intimidation is 99 percent in the intimidatee's head.

I really have paid my dues! When I get to stay in fancy hotel suites these days I remind myself of that.

I believe that leadership acts should be manifested by engaging in external work that can be observed and shared with everyone else.