Papa Hegel he say that all we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history. I knew people who can't even learn from what happened this morning. Hegel must have been taking the long view.

What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree.

It's supposed to be automatic but actually you have to press this button.

Christ, what an imagination I've got!

to travel faster than a speeding bullet is not much help if you and it are heading straight towards each other

There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is new, and therefore better.

What in Gods name is it worth to be human, if we have to be saved from ourselves by a machine?