The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test.

Like all wage slaves, he had two crosses to bear: the people he worked for and the people he worked with

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

Whenever you hear the word "inevitable", watch out! An enemy of humanity has identified himself.

Consistency is a virtue for trains.

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?

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