Whom the mad would destroy, first they make gods.

Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.

No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing.

Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it.

Countries like ours are full of people who have all of the material comforts they desire, yet lead lives of quiet (and at times noisy) desperation, understanding nothing but the fact that there is a hole inside them and that however much food and drink they pour into it, however many motorcars and television sets they stuff it with, however many well-balanced children and loyal friends they parade around the edges of it. . . it aches!

In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it.

I suppose we all tend to remember only the happiness from our childhood, as a sundial refuses to tell the time except in fine weather.