Men are the only animals that devote themselves, day in and day out, to making one another unhappy. It is an art like any other. Its virtuosi are called altruists.

There are no dull subjects. There are only dull writers.

The fact that a human brain of high amperage, otherwise highly efficient, may have a hole in it is surely not a secret.

I am one of the few goyim who have ever actually tackled the Talmud. I suppose you now expect me to add that it is a profound and noble work, worthy of hard study by all other goyims. Unhappily, my report must differ from this expectation. It seems to me, save for a few bright spots, to be quite indistinguishable from rubbish.

[A formula for answering controversial letters -- without even reading the letters:] Dear Sir (or Madame): You may be right.

It is the theory of all modern civilized governments that they protect and foster the liberty of the citizen; it is the practice of all of them to limit its exercise, and sometimes very narrowly.

The more a man dreams, the less he believes.