Is it possible that I am not alone in believing that in the dispute between Galileo and the Church, the Church was right and the centre of man's universe is the earth?

Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author is an alcoholic, then the most sympathetically portrayed character in his book will be an alcoholic. This sort of thing is very boring for outsiders.

As a rule, the most dangerous ideas are not the ones that divide people but those on which they agree.

Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say that the distinguishing trait of powerful men is the psychotic certainty that people forget acts of infamy as easily as their parents birth

You tell me your favorite novelists and I'll tell you whom you vote for, or whether you vote at all.

To be great is to assume great concerns.

When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness.