Behind innocence there gathers a clotted mass of superstition, of twisted and misdirected impulse; clandestine flirtation, fads, and ragtime fill the unventilated mind.

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?

You can't get reconciliation between the powerful and powerless unless you disempower the powerful.

We were born in the '70s, back when twins were rare, a bit magical: cousins of the unicorn, siblings of the elves.

We get so used to the gregarious nature of our towns and villages that we forget how crowded our existence has become.

Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.

In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?

The rockets... can be built so powerfully that they could be capable of carrying a man aloft.

Put in the superlatives yourselves, I'm running out. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy.

More than trends, consumers need functionality. Everything needs an element of fashion, but thats more like a spice.

The most important lesson in managing our careers as we get older: Sometimes staying the game is as simple as not leaving the room.

The brain is the organ of destiny. It holds within its humming mechanism secrets that will determine the future of the human race.