I like to think of fire held in a man's hand. Fire, a dangerous force, tamed at his fingertips. I often wonder about the hours when a man sits alone, watching the smoke of a cigarette, thinking. I wonder what great things have come from such hours. When a man thinks, there is a spot of fire alive in his mind--and it is proper that he should have the burning point of a cigarette as his one expression.

We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

I think, therefore I'll think.

But Aristotle's philosophy was the intellect's Declaration of Independence.

I loathe your ideals because I know no worse injustice than the giving of the undeserved.

Those who say theory and practice are two unrelated realms are fools in one and scoundrels in the other.

Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth. The evidence is incontrovertible. The contrast between West and East Berlin is the latest demonstration, like a laboratory experiment for all to see. Yet those who are loudest in proclaiming their desire to eliminate poverty are loudest in denouncing capitalism. Man's well-being is not their goal.