In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others of which we could have no idea before, so that we cannot solve one doubt without creating several new ones.

It is no use speaking in soft, gentle tones if everyone else is shouting.

The wisdom of one generation will be folly in the next.

I have procured air [oxygen] ... between five and six times as good as the best common air that I have ever met with.

The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.

The more elaborate our means of our common sense is, the less the common sense it becomes.

When we say there is a GOD, we mean that there is an intelligent designing cause of what we see in the world around us, and a being who was himself uncaused.

Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider himself as fully equal to any other person whatever

In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others.

Orthodoxy, my Lord,: said Bishop Warburton, in a whisper, — orthodoxy is my doxy, — heterodoxy is another man's doxy.

We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in color and fire.

She smiled at him like a freshman invited to the senior prom. It made my blood boil.

With a modest amount of looks and talent and more than a modicum of serendipity, I've managed to stretch my 15 minutes of fame into more than half a century of good fortune.

New Englanders could be so brusque.

The soul needs meaning as much as the body needs food.

Thanks for the nice introduction. Next to my resume that's the closest I'll ever come to perfection.

I do use an electric violin. Actually, my regular electric violin, which I sometimes use, is by Ned Steinburger.

You can give up the need to compete in the world- when you accept being complete in Christ.

I feel incredibly successful. I make a living as a writer and am able to help support a big family, my church, my bleeding-heart causes.

I could not conjure up one melancholy fancy upon a mutton chop and a glass of champagne.

Where's the upside in opening your mouth?