The devil is merely a fallen angel, and when God lost Satan he lost one of his best lieutenants.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.

When all think alike, then no one is thinking

The press does not tell us what to think, it tells us what to think about.

The news and the truth are not the same thing.

The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism.

To create a minimum standard of life below which no human being can fall is the most elementary duty of the democratic state.

It is often very illuminating...to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted, named the thing, about which you have an opinion?

There was something scary about watching adults sleep. It was as if no one at all were in charge of the world.

The days come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant friendly party but they say nothing and if we do not use the gifts they bring they carry them as silently away.

Sandworms...you know I hate 'em!

Man started out on the wrong foot. The misadventure in paradise was the first consequence. The rest had to follow.

The story sometimes writes you into a corner.

Failure is not fun. It can be awful. But living so cautiously that you never fail is worse.

The greatest compliment to any player is he is a great teammate. We can't all be great players, but we can all be great teammates

I believe the relationship you have with your government is not so different to a love relationship.

Though there is not always grace where there is the fear of hell, yet, to be sure, there is no grace where there is no fear of God.

I envy stupidity, stupidity is eternal.