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

"Terrorism" is what we call the violence of the weak, and we condemn it; "war" is what we call the violence of the strong, and we glorify it.

People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.

It may be true that the weak will always be driven to the wall; but it is the task of a just society to see that the wall is climbable.

When a baseball player makes an error, it goes into the record and is published. How many of us could stand this sort of daily scrutiny?

Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.

More trouble is caused in this world by indiscreet answers than by indiscreet questions.