Expertise in one field does not carry over into other fields. But experts often think so. The narrower their field of knowledge the more likely they are to think so.

I see the beauty of Mike's attempt to devise an ideal ethic and applaud his recognition that such must start by junking the present sexual code and starting fresh. Most philosophers haven't the courage for this; they swallow the basics of the present code--monogamy, family pattern, continence, body taboos, conventional restrictions on intercourse, and so forth--then fiddle with details...even such piffle as discussing whether the female breast is an obscene sight! (p.365)

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

I wanted the feeling of romance and the sense of wonder I had known as a kid. I wanted the world to be what they had promised me it was going to be - instead of the tawdry, lousy fouled-up mess it is.

The average bloke . . . hates and fears all freedom, not only for others but for himself, and stamps it out wherever possible.

There are only five things really worth drawing; four of them are pretty girls and the fifth is cats.