English is capable of defining sentiments that the human nervous system is quite incapable of experiencing.

Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]

There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back...

I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting.

There is solemn satisfaction in doing the best you can for eight billion people. Perhaps their lives have no cosmic significance, but they have feelings. They can hurt.

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.

If I had found out anything, it was that they could print it faster than I could study it.