Television preachers extract money from the poor to live in a style and to indulge in shameful acts which equal or outdo the worst of the Renaissance Popes.

Nothing is more expensive than mediocrity.

The calling of the humanities is to make us truly human in the best sense of the word.

I think most of us sense that it is a responsibility of the humanities to try to help better the conduct of human beings in their lives and manifold professional activities.

It is ridiculous ever to forget that you and your business are each implanted in the society of the moment. We cannot ignore the world of our time. We had better understand it.

The most important service to others is service to those who are not like yourself.

I would be a poorer person if the only things I knew were what I had found out for myself.

In our home we have a rule: You can disagree with a man's position as much as you want - after you have been able to state it to his satisfaction.

We are afraid to face the hard questions. We are willing to tackle drugs, crime, and public education only if it doesn't cost us any new taxes.

A woman will endure many wounds in her lifetime, but the betrayal of a friend is one of the most difficult to overcome.

You know a lot about math, " I said. You know a lot about math? What type of statement was that? Right along the lines of "Hey, you have hair and it's red and curly." Real smooth.

It is a mark of maturity to deal with the problem rather than suppress it

The struggle goes on. The victory is in the struggle, for me. And I accepted that a long time ago.

And the gold of her ruined wedding dress.

The decay of society is praised by artists as the decay of a corpse is praised by worms.

The key to evangelism is a great product. It is easy, almost unavoidable, to catalyze evangelism for a great product. It is hard, almost impossible, to catalyze evangelism for crap.

I like to get people fired up, fill them with zeal for McDonald's, and watch the results in their work.

In many societies the domestic social costs of adjustment to changing patterns of comparative advantage are believed to outweigh the advantages of further trade liberalization.

I can see we're going to get along like a house on fire," said Miss Tick. "There may be no survivors.