We are concerned in public affairs, but immersed in our private ones.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.

When all think alike, then no one is thinking

The press does not tell us what to think, it tells us what to think about.

The news and the truth are not the same thing.

The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism.

To create a minimum standard of life below which no human being can fall is the most elementary duty of the democratic state.

It is often very illuminating...to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted, named the thing, about which you have an opinion?

So you want me to go to a human orgy, where I will not be welcome, and you want us to leave before I get to enjoy myself? ~Eric Northman

Prestidigitation? You've got to be joking. No one says that.

A man must live in the world and make the best of it such as it is.

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.

Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationships of women with the creations of science.

The fans, I loved them. My mother would be in the gallery, I would look right at my mother and not remember.

I want to have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames.

I'm a big fan of the vigor of civil society, political engagement, and public life in many parts of Latin America.

I may drive in a few races next year if someone needs a substitute driver ... (but) if I were never to drive again, I have had a great career.

It is often very illuminating...to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted, named the thing, about which you have an opinion?