Recorded history is largely an account of the crimes and disasters committed by banal little men at the levers of imperial machines.

Grand opera is a form of musical entertainment for people who hate music.

When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense.

Anarchism? You bet your sweet betsy. The only cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy. Much more.

Critics are like ticks on a dog or tits on a motor: ornamental but dysfunctional.

Somewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness.

Narrow-minded provincialism: Sad to say but true - I am more interested in the mountain lions of Utah, the wild pigs of Arizona, than I am in the fate of all the Arabs of Araby, all the Wogs of Hindustan, all the Ethiopes of Abyssinia.