Anton Bruckner wrote the same symphony nine times, trying to get it just right. He failed.

There are only two kinds of books -- good books and the others. The good are winnowed from the bad through the democracy of time.

Longevity, like intelligence and good looks and health and strength of character, is largely a matter of genetic heritage. Choose your parents with care.

Nature, like Maimonides said, is mainly a good place to throw beer cans on Sunday afternoons.

Girls: I never wanted them all. Just all the ones I wanted.

The axiom of conditioned repetition, like the binomial theorem, is nothing but a piece of insolence.

Nearly all of Latin America, from Chile to Mexico, is one long rack of torture. Financed, equipped, and refined by the U.S. government.