I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs. There is in every living creature an obscure but powerful impulse to active functioning. Life demands to be lived. Inaction, save as a measure of recuperation between bursts of activity, is painful and dangerous to the healthy organism- in fact, it is almost impossible. Only the dying can be really idle.

If I had my way, any man guilty of golf would be ineligible for any office of trust in the United States.

The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant about them.

A man full of faith is simply one who has lost the capacity for clear and realistic thought.

Balloonists have an unsurpassed view of the scenery, but there is always the possibility that it may collide with them.

There's really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.

The so-called religious organizations which now lead the war against the teaching of evolution are nothing more, at bottom, than conspiracies of the inferior man against his betters.