Democracy is a poor system of government at best; the only thing that can honestly be said in its favor is that it is eight times as good as any other method the human race has ever tried.

Are you trying to tell all of us we have a bad signal-to-noise ratio?

God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good, and is no sillier than any other theology.

A great artist can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is ... and force the viewer to see the pretty girl she used to be ... more than that, he can make anyone with the sensitivity of an armadillo see that this lovely young girl is still alive

Logic is a feeble reed, friend.

Learning isn't a means to an end; it is an end in itself.

Why don't they make more science fiction movies? The answer to any question starting, Why don't they- is almost always, Money.