Gold was not altogether certain what, anatomically, a gorge was, but he knew that his was rising.

I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.

where are the snowdens of yesteryear?

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

[They] agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

You know, that might be the answer - to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That's a trick that never seems to fail.

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

But how can one be warm alone?

Let’s not only take great photos, but let’s make great photos with our lives.

I lived in Miami for a while in a section with a lot of really old people. The average age in my apartment house was dead.

I can understand the Chinese Wall: it was built as a defense against marauders. But a wall such as that in Berlin, built to prevent people from seeking freedom, is almost beyond comprehension.

We have to prepare our teenagers and our children for a world away from us. That requires explanations. That requires understanding.

Who can object to a monopoly when any new company, if it is built around a scientific nucleus, can create a new monopoly of its own by creating a wholly new field?

Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously

The goal is to keep the dialogue open. There are issues in the USA that a lot of people feel strongly about. The goal is just to fix those issues. To make progress on those issues.

A plan is an example of what could happen, not a prediction of what will happen.

Any necessary truth, whether a priori or a posteriori, could not have turned out otherwise

Why, there's a wench! Come on, and kiss me, Kate.