There are still many people in America who regard depressions as acts of God. I think Keynes proved that the responsibility for these occurrences does not rest with Providence.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly god, and they would be kindly in any case.

The only thing set in stone are dumb quotes and names of dead people. Everything else is subject to change.

Writers are like supreme beings. We can create worlds in a matter of days and we can destroy them just as fast.

My dad had limitations. That's what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do harm.

..the happy hum of humanity.

A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. A woman must do what he can’t.

Whatever age we are is the age we’ve always been.

Algebra is the metaphysics of arithmetic.

The art is just really mysterious. If I understood it more, maybe I would write more.

It sucks to try and book a tour without the internet, and I'm not even doing it.

We find certains things about seeing puzzling, because we do not find the whole business of seeing puzzling enough.