One social evil for which the New Testament is clearly in part responsible is anti-Semitism.

Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar.

One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them do not exist except in our imaginations.

Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.

Thousands of years ago only Christ could walk on the water. Today anybody can do it; you just step on the garbage.

Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized.

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.

Radio is the theater of the mind; television is the theater of the mindless.

Ideas have consequences, and totally erroneous ideas are likely to have destructive consequences.

If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow.

Millions of Germans had absolute faith in Hitler. Millions of Russians had faith in Stalin. Millions of Chinese had faith in Mao. Billions have had faith in imaginary gods.

I live my life in growing orbits which move out over the things of the world.

Possibility is a positive act.

I could never let the teacher down. I always worked hard, too scared to get in trouble.

I’m lucky that I’m afraid of losing something

I'm nothing, I'm not even here

I say, you do have a heart!" "Sometimes," he replied, "when I have the time.

Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same.

Every king needs a counsellor, a counsellor who is never afraid of the king.

Change is good, and ultimately, creating a new path at this point in my life is energizing, creative, and rejuvenating.

The closer one gets to elections or wars, the further one gets from the truth.