The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency.

Why are congressmen called public servants? You never see servants that anxious to keep their jobs.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos.

The secret of a happy marriage is simple: Just keep on being as polite to one another as you are to your friends.

Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. G.B. Stern "If you count all your assets, you always show a profit."

Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hands against the table edge and pushing back.