Such is the prestige of the Nobel Award and of this place where I stand that I am impelled, not to speak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession and in the great and good men who have practised it through the ages.

Intention, good or bad, is not enough.

A strange species we are, We can stand anything God and nature can throw at us save only plenty. If I wanted to destroy a nation, I would give it too much, and I would have it on its knees, miserable, greedy, sick. --John Steinbeck to Adlai Stevenson

To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.

And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.

We know what we got, and we don't care whether you know it or not.

You're getting well,' Samuel said. 'Some people think it's an insult to the glory of their sickness to get well. But the time poultice is no respecter of glories. Everyone gets well if he waits around.