To say that a man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's decisions are based on his rational process. That I don't believe at all.

MY rule is never to be rude to anyone unless you mean it.

There is only one object on earth that frightens me: a physicist working on a new trick.

In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted.

A man may debar nonsense from his library of reason, but not from the arena of his impulses.

I love to make a mistake. It is my only assurance that I cannot reasonably be expected to assume the responsibility of omniscience.

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.