We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having any company on the way.

Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.

Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.

Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.

I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.

Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.

By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.

Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.

I know of no more disagreeable sensation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.

One learns little more about a man from the feats of his literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal.

That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.

All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.

Learn from seeds to rise, no matter how much dirt is thrown at you.

Is he all right?" Jane asked. "Oh, sure, probably losing a fight against a squirrel, " Angus said. "Or his shadow...

The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

It is the business of the future to be dangerous and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.

If I remembered when people said mean things about me, I would never speak to the media again.

... we ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the superior authorities define it to be so.

Which way you ought to go depends on where you want to get to.

The Department of Cell Biology at Johns Hopkins was founded and directed by Tom Pollard, an engaging young scientist with remarkable energy and enthusiasm.

Some hate broccoli, some hate bacon I hate having my picture taken. How can your family claim to love you And then demand a picture of you?