The most important advance that the West has yet made is to develop a secularist moral tradition

Always strive to excel, but only on weekends.

The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics.

Truth is a property of sentences, since sentences are dependent for their existence upon vocabularies, and since vocabularies are made by human beings, so are truths.

"True" resembles... a compliment paid to sentences that seem to be paying their way and that fit in with other sentences which are doing so.

The world is out there, but descriptions of the world are not.

A talent for speaking differently, rather than for arguing well is the chief instrument of cultural change.

What counts as rational argumentation is as historically determined and as context-dependent, as what counts as good French.

All human relations untouched by love take place in the dark

At 12, I knew that the point of being human was to spend one's life fighting social injustice.

National pride is to countries what self-respect is to individuals: a necessary condition for self-improvement.

Write because you love to write.

Hollywood is a mirage factory.

The real issue is how to make appropriate choices about what to do at any point in time. The real issue is how we manage actions.

But I think happiness springs from another source, a far deeper one that doesn't depend on will because it comes from love.

Music can change lives. Whether you are having a good or bad day, the power of music can change one's mood.

Photography Cannot Record Abstract Ideas (Title of a 16x20 inch photograph depicting an index card on which that phrase is handwritten.)

John [Mulaney] likes to say I'm like a district attorney with absolutely no jurisdiction whatsoever.

An argument may remove doubt, but only the Holy Spirit can convict of truth.

It looks tough for Palace when you see some of the results they've got coming up.

The ability to say no is a tremendous advantage for an investor.