A skunk is better company than a person who prides himself on being 'frank'.

Aside from a cold appreciation of my own genius I felt that I was a modest man.

...a book need never die and should not be killed; books were the immortal part of man.

I do know that the slickest way to lie is to tell the right amount of truth--then shut up.

Every Congressman, every Senator knows precisely what causes inflation... but can't, [won't] support the drastic reforms to stop it [repeal of the Federal Reserve Act] because it could cost him his job.

If we blow ourselves up we will do it by misapplication of science; if we manage to keep from blowing ourselves up, it will be through intelligent application of science.

Do-gooding is like treating hemophilia - the real cure is to let hemophiliacs bleed to death...before they breed more hemophiliacs.