To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.

Unpredictability, too, can become monotonous.

The genuine artist is as much a dissatisfied person as the revolutionary, yet how diametrically opposed are the products each distills from his dissatisfaction.

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.

A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come.

One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.