The word 'definition' has come to have a dangerously reassuring sound, owing no doubt to its frequent occurrence in logical and mathematical writings.

To be is to be the value of a variable.

Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation.

Irrefragability, thy name is mathematics.

Science is not a substitute for common sense, but an extension of it.

We do not learn first what to talk about and then what to say about it.

Creatures inveterately wrong in their inductions have a pathetic but praise-worthy tendency to die before reproducing their kind.

I have been accused of denying consciousness but I am not conscious of having done so.

Confusion of sign and object is original sin coeval with the word.

One man's antinomy is another man's falsidical paradox, give or take a couple of thousand years.

The scientist is indistinguishable from the common man in his sense of evidence, except that the scientist is more careful.

A man who trusts everyone is a fool and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough.

I find that being considerate of others and keeping what I say and what I do in agreement makes for a great night's sleep.

You can love people, and you can befriend them, but the only person you can ever one hundred percent depend on is yourself.

From the Taoist point of view, the natural result of this harmonious way of living is happiness.

Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without being related to you and repeatedly questioning why you're in nonprofit.

The home is where part of the family waits until the others are through with the car.

Boy, why are you crying?

It's not how many books you get through, it's how many books get through you.

Grant me that I may not be a coward, feeling your mercy in my success alone; but let me find the grasp of your hand in my failure.

So if you are evaluating others (or yourself!) in the investment field, think out some standards - apply them - interpret them.