Men may be born free; they cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.

Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.

Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.

Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses...

A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.

Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.

Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.

Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?

You don’t live until you begin to live for keeping

If seeds saw dirt as their enemy, they would lose out on the opportunity to grow.

Our job as producers is to make the music sound as good as possible.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

To a worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish!

Now we notice that Mars doesn't have any atmosphere either and won't support life. In spite of the fact that it turns green and red and purple with the seasons, it doesn't support life.

Either you can do it or you can't. I think I can overcome anything I put my mind to.

The atheist barista (who's obsessed with astrology) asked me, "So what's your sign?" I responded, "The sign of the cross." I think she spit in my coffee.

I can't keep the sparrows from flying around my head, but I can keep them from making a nest in my hair.

[Magic] can guide people to the very edge of reason - and then push them off. Thoughts collapse for a moment and the mind is free to just experience. Magic is a window to eternity.