Nine English traditions out of ten date from the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Advertising degrades the people it appeals to; it deprives them of their will to choose.

For the first time I saw a medley of haphazard facts fall into line and order. All the jumbles and recipes and hotchpotch of the inorganic chemistry of my boyhood seemed to fit into the scheme before my eyes-as though one were standing beside a jungle and it suddenly transformed itself into a Dutch garden.

When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.

What we need to do is to humanize the scientist and simonize the humanist.

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.

Nothing is easier to avoid than publicity. If one genuinely doesn't want it, one doesn't get it.