Infants are interesting only to their parents.

A man at his desk in a room with a closed door is a man at work. A woman at a desk in any room is available.

Hoary idea, in any case, expecting a woman to surrender her name to her husband's in exchange for his. Why? Would any man submerge his identity and heritage to the woman he wed?

Human progress had so often been checked by those who were afraid of losing what they had.

the incredible new medical technology has made it possible for highly disciplined teams of surgeons ... to keep stricken organisms alive even if the brain is irretrievably damaged or lung and heart incapable of functioning without mechanical help. Now it is not dust to dust, but human to vegetable.

The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.

People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.