Putting the past behind you isn't like stuffing something in the back of a drawer or trimming a loose thread. The past has a life of its own.

A library could show you everything if you knew where to look.

Tell me, Anna, if man is capable of projecting his belief onto the cosmos, isn't it possible by the same token, that he can project his unbelief onto the cosmos?

Is there anything that can replace life?

Flying a good airplane doesn't require near as much attention as a motor car.

NOMINATE, v. To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the mudgobbling and deadcatting of the opposition.

Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!

In California there were nuggets the size of walnuts lying on the ground—or so it was said, and truth travels slowly when rumors have wings of gold.

Who can deny that the environment has been destroyed?

Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence she finds it almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening without snickering.

Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.