The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

Willfully polluting the ground with AC electricity is just another aspect of how the electrical utility companies will be remembered by the next generation.

I also like men who like dogs. I couldn't date a man who doesn't like my dog.

I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.

When I was coming up, if you were on a TV show, that meant something was wrong with your career. Now it means something's right with your career.

Experience is the highest authority.

Being a comedian is like being a con man. You have to make 'em like you before you can fool 'em.

Regimes collapse when people are no longer afraid and think they're no longer alone.

The Regulars are coming out!

The fact is... our doors have not exactly been knocked down by companies willing to defend Microsofts business practices.

In not-for-profit theater, you don't worry so much about how the audience is going to react. You want to make them absorb the piece.