Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.

I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.

Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business, and, besides, could not be done. The line between honesty and dishonesty is a narrow, shifting one and usually lets those get by that are the most subtle and already have more than they can use.

Autobiography is never entirely true. No one can get the right perspective on himself. Every fact is colored by imagination and dream.

The objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along.

In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.

I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.