I've often said that my rats have taught me much more than I've taught them.

Society already possesses the psychological techniques needed to obtain universal observance of a code - a code which would guarantee the success of a community or state. The difficulty is that these techniques are in the hands of the wrong people-or, rather, there aren't any right people.

In the world at large we seldom vote for a principle or a given state of affairs. We vote for a man who pretends to believe in that principle or promises to achieve that state. We don't want a man, we want a condition of peace and plenty-- or, it may be, war and want-- but we must vote for a man.

The world's a poor standard. any society which is free of hunger and violence looks bright against that background.

Something doing every minute' may be a gesture of despair-or the height of a battle against boredom.

The speaker does not feel the grammatical rules he is said to apply in composing sentences, and men spoke grammatically for thousands of years before anyone knew there were rules.

Old age is rather like another country. You will enjoy it more if you have prepared yourself before you go.