That we occasionally violate our own stated moral code does not imply that we are insincere in espousing that code.

When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins.

The difference between stupid and intelligent people - and this is true whether or not they are well-educated - is that intelligent people can handle subtlety.

This is one of the two great labyrinths into which human minds are drawn: the question of free will versus predestination.

You should not believe a thing only because you like to believe it. We call that 'Diax's Rake.

To condense fact from the vapor of nuance.

Any property that's open to common use gets destroyed. Because everyone has incentive to use it to the max, but no one has incentive to maintain it.

See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places.

Constable Moore had reached the age when men can subject their bodies to the worst irritations - whisky, cigars, woolen clothes, bagpipes - without feeling a thing or, at least, without letting on.

And it happened all the time that the compromise between two perfectly rational alternatives was something that made no sense at all.

The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are stupid or intelligent.

In big houses in which things are done properly there is always the religious element. The diurnal cycle is observed with more feeling when there are servants to do the work.

If anything I consider myself an anarchist.

If you don't know what makes green, you're going to try every color combination.

I know the British people and they are not passengers - they are drivers.

Gossip. The more you talk about why people do things, the more ideas you have about how the world works.

What a blast it is to be here with Michael Moore.

The real news is bad news.

In the gap between thoughts nonconceptual wisdom shines continuously.

It is the weather, not work, that wears out sails.