Why is it, I wonder, that anyone who displays superior athletic ability is an object of admiration to his classmates, while one who displays superior mental ability is an object of hatred?

The great secret of the successful fool is that he's no fool at all

This idea [standardized time zones] was first advanced and fought for by Sandford Fleming of Canada and Charles F. Dowd of the United States. I mention them chiefly because like so many benefactors of mankind they have been rewarded by total obscurity.

Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket.

The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.

All roads lead to Trantor, says the old proverb, and that is where all stars end.

There seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural.