Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the world, the value of life not only declines, but it disappears. It doesn't matter if someone dies.

It is always useful, you see, to subject the past life of reform politicians to rather inquisitive research.

The peace and joy of the Christmas season was marred by a proclamation of a general strike of all the military forces of the world. Panic reigns in the hearts of all the patriots of every persuasion. Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all-time low over the world.

To make discoveries, you have to be curious about why the universe is the way it is.

If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.

It seems to me that God is a convenient invention of the human mind

The world of A.D. 2014 will have few routine jobs that cannot be done better by some machine than by any human being. Mankind will therefore have become largely a race of machine tenders.