The paradox of friendship is that it is both the strongest thing in the world and the most fragile. Wild horses cannot separate friends, but whining words can. A man will lay down his life for his friend but will not sacrifice his eardrums.

Why are we willing to accept a new mathematical formula we don't understand as the product of a brilliant mind, while rejecting a new art form we don't understand as the product of a deranged mind?

American parents, on the whole, do not want their sons to be artisans or craftsmen, but business or professional people. As a result, millions of youngsters are being prepared for careers they have little aptitude for - and little interest in except for dubious prestige.

Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.

If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, "You Only Live Once."

Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.

A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in the future.