A fixed image of the future is in the worst sense ahistorical.

It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.

The proper, wise balancingof one's whole life may depend upon thefeasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour.

[T]hese leaders must not believe they are actually being watched, for their behavior in no way reflects the possible existence of a set of values or ethical laws that supersedes their own dominion.

Remember that your dominating thoughts attract, through a definite law of nature, by the shortest and most convenient route, their physical counterpart. Be careful what your thoughts dwell upon.

Creating whole departments of ethnic, gender, and other 'studies' was part of the price of academic peace. All too often, these 'studies' are about propaganda rather than serious education.

I wouldn't know all that I do about history, if I spent my time watching cartoons and other TV shows.

I don't know how to make people who absolutely have to be obsessed with paying a week's energy bills... obsessed with climate change... It's very hard.

No CEO examining books today understands what the hell is going on.

Kidd, turn off the light to spare my blushes.

I collect flickering stars in old pickling jars, poking holes in the lids so they can breathe.