All of us who grew up before World War II are immigrants in time, immigrants from an earlier world, living in an age essentially different from anything we knew before.

Britons put up with, Americans fix, Canadians cope

Never underestimate that a small group of people can hold up a liquor license. Sometimes, it's the only thing that can.

Love is the invention of a few high cultures ... it is cultural artifact. To make love the requirement of a lifelong marriage is exceedingly difficult, and only a few people can achieve it. I don't believe in setting universal standards that a large proportion of people can't reach.

It is not until science has become a discipline to which the research ability of any mind from any class in society can be attracted that it can become rigorously scientific.

The United States has the power to destroy the world, but not the power to save it alone

No matter how many communes anybody invents, the family always creeps back.