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.

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

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?

All achievement should be measured in human happiness.

Music. A meaningless acceleration in the rhythm of celestial experience.

Memories are the only thing tie us to the past

My senior year of high school, I was voted Wittiest. So, several years later, I decided to try my hand at writing humor to see if I could be witty enough to make some money.

I had a job at this French restaurant, and I hated it. I don't like serving; I don't like getting people ketchup.

You're expected to be perfect the day you start and then improve.

That's funny, you're funny. I like you, I'm quite taken by you.

Nothing is more frightening than a monster that cares about his health, cause you know he'll be around for a while.

Religion is like the fashion, one man wears his doublet slashed, another lashed, another plain; but every man has a doublet; so every man has a religion. We differ about the trimming.

Every day of my life is going out in public and seeing people's lives and listening to stories - all that kind of stuff musically inspires me.

There are no moral blanks; there are no neutral characters.