Usually it is the stereotyped shape assumed by an event at an obvious place that uncovers the run of the news.

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

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.

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?

I slipped my hand into hers. A strange and unfamiliar feeling ran through me. It felt like the ocean, like sunlight, like horses. Like love. I searched my mind and found the name for it. Joy.

Men's loyalty to their women dies hard - and almost always too late. ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")

A big part of life is realizing what you're good at.

I must do something or I shall wear my heart away.

I think comedy Ive learned is really just about relaxing and trusting yourself and allowing yourself to fail.

A madman's ravings are absurd in relation to the situation in which he finds himself, but not in relation to his madness.

For Christians this present life is the closest they will come to Hell. For unbelievers, it is the closest they will come to Heaven.

Power, carried to extremes, is always liable to reaction.

For true patriots to be silent, is dangerous.

What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way.