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

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

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

Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not.

The truth is that our race survived ignorance; it is our scientific genius that will do us in.

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.

Consistency is a virtue for trains.