The conservatives see man as a body freely roaming the earth, building sand piles or factories - with an electronic computer inside his skull, controlled from Washington. The liberals see man as a soul freewheeling to the farthest reaches of the universe - but wearing chains from nose to toes when he crosses the street to buy a loaf of bread.

The most depraved type of human being ... (is) the man without a purpose.

An inventor is a man who asks 'Why?' of the universe and lets nothing stand between the answer and his mind.

It is not as late as you think. It is merely early - in the age of the rebirth of individualism.

One loses everything when one loses one's sense of humor.

Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration.

When intellectual leaders fail to foster the best in the mixed, unformed, vacillating character of people at large, the thugs are sure to bring out the worst. When the ablest men turn into cowards, the average men turn into brutes.