In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it.

Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.

Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it.

No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing.

I suppose we all tend to remember only the happiness from our childhood, as a sundial refuses to tell the time except in fine weather.

What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a white stick and a dog?

The Stag at Bay with the mentality of a fox at large.

The cure for mixed metaphors, I have always found, is for the patient to be obliged to draw a picture of the result.

The less the power, the greater the desire to exercise it.

Whom the mad would destroy, first they make gods.

It is assumed that when anyone gets into debt, the fault is entirely and always the fault of the lender.

Having a positive attitude gives you power. This isn't the same kind of power that dictators and warlords seek after, but rather a spiritual power. It's a power that comes to us from God.

The language of mathematics, scientific observations, and our perceptivity together knit the window to reality.

I am always quiet so that I know what to say when I must speak.

Ending is better than mending.

I love artists that just do what they do with so much passion and emotion.

We played well all the way until, like, the second quarter.

Men who have changed the world never achieved their success by winning the chief citizens to their side, but always by stirring the masses.

If we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time, not tomorrow or next year.... Today should always be our most wonderful day.

It is remarkable that the elements diffused through the host of stars are some of those most closely connected with the living organisms of our globe.