I said there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering, and that was the fact that it is past-can't be restored.

I was born modest, but it didn't last.

The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.

When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded how much he had learned in the last seven years.

Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals.

I don't see any use in having a uniform and arbitrary way of spelling words. We might as well make all clothes alike and cook all dishes alike. Sameness is tiresome; variety is pleasing.

As for the dinosaur - But Noah's conscience was easy; it was not named in his cargo list and he and the boys were not aware that there was such a creature. He said he could not blame himself for not knowing about the dinosaur, because it was an American animal and America had not then been discovered.