Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.

None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.

There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.

A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?

Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.

Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. ... In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.