Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.

No one can possibly have lived through the Great Depression without being scarred by it. No amount of experience since the depression can convince someone who has lived through it that the world is safe economically.

While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.

Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.

So, then, what is style? There are two chief aspects of any piece of writing: 1) what you say and 2) how you say it. The former is "content" and the latter is "style."

A scientist is as weak and human as any man, but the pursuit of science may ennoble him even against his will.

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