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.

God made you and me, in certain respects, quite unequal, and it would be futile to try any interference with His arrangements.

The constant petty behests of life permit few opportunities for major satisfactions, and when one is offered it should be seized.

Hemingway never grew out of adolescence. His scope and depth stayed shallow because he had no idea what women are for.

I try to know what I need to know. I make sure to know what I want to know. (Nero Wolfe)

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.

Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.