I give dignity second place to expedience.

Why make plans? The sun might well go out tomorrow.

The universe is eight billion years old, the last two billion of which have produced intelligent life. During this time not one hour of absolute equity has prevailed.

I suspect that the word (art) was invented by second-rate intelligences to describe the incomprehensible activities of their betters.

How to know, oh how to know! All is relative ease and facility in orthodoxy, yet how can it be denied that good is in itself undeniable? Absolutes are the most uncertain of all formulations, while the uncertainties are the most real.

The life we've been leading couldn't last forever. It's a wonder it lasted as long as it did.

I thought that automobiles were going to have mufflers and go fast and airplanes were going to fly fast.