A journalist is stimulated by a deadline. He writes worse when he has time
Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence.
It is a mystery to me how a theologian can be praised for having brought himself to disbelieve dogmas. I've always thought that those who have brought themselves to believe in dogmas merit the true recognition owing a heroic deed.
Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.
The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.
I knew a man who carried his education in his vest pocket because there was more room there than in his head.