A really good diplomat does not go in for victories, even when he wins them.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.

When all think alike, then no one is thinking

The press does not tell us what to think, it tells us what to think about.

The news and the truth are not the same thing.

The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism.

To create a minimum standard of life below which no human being can fall is the most elementary duty of the democratic state.

It is often very illuminating...to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted, named the thing, about which you have an opinion?

The real world has consequences when you do and say things about others. We're at a point now where you better be sure who you're going after.

Truly the stars were given for a consolation to man.

If your feet are firmly planted on the grount you'll never be able to dance.

Rich Folkers is throwing 'em up in the bullpen.

Times like this, when she slips her hand into mine and holds on tight, and our husband becomes just a shadow in the doorway.

You will eat my rear rockets and like it! Ohhhh yeahhh!

Convince people and you win their minds. Inspire people and you win their hearts.

I looked at the sweatshirt again. "'You swim' is a philosophy?" He shrugged. "Better than 'you sink', right?