A loser says that's the way it's always been done. A winner says there ought to be a better way.

It's odd, and a little unsettling, to reflect upon the fact that English is the only major language in which "I" is capitalized; in many other languages "You" is capitalized and the "i" is lower case." --

As the horsepower in modern automobiles steadily rises, the congestion of traffic steadily lowers the average possible speed of your car. This is known as Progress.

No one should pay attention to a man delivering a lecture or a sermon on his "philosophy of life" until we know exactly how he treats his wife, his children, his neighbors, his friends, his subordinates and his enemies.

The greatest educational dogma is also its greatest fallacy: the belief that what must be learned can necessarily be taught.

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

We believe what we want to believe, what we like to believe, what suits our prejudices and fuels our passions.