You should not believe a thing only because you like to believe it. We call that 'Diax's Rake.

When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins.

The difference between stupid and intelligent people - and this is true whether or not they are well-educated - is that intelligent people can handle subtlety.

This is one of the two great labyrinths into which human minds are drawn: the question of free will versus predestination.

To condense fact from the vapor of nuance.

Any property that's open to common use gets destroyed. Because everyone has incentive to use it to the max, but no one has incentive to maintain it.

See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places.

Constable Moore had reached the age when men can subject their bodies to the worst irritations - whisky, cigars, woolen clothes, bagpipes - without feeling a thing or, at least, without letting on.

And it happened all the time that the compromise between two perfectly rational alternatives was something that made no sense at all.

The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are stupid or intelligent.

Gold is the corpse of value.

Christmas is the spirit of love, peace and goodwill to all Humankind. It is within the reach of every heart and hand.

Everything is worse...if you think something is looking at you.

I stand in philosophy exactly where I stand in daily life

Our constancy, same might call it our madness, was necessary to wear down the oppressive forces of the old democracy which, in Spain, was a hundred years behind the times.

I was into punk rock back when I was in high school. I used to go around to dive venues and take photographs. But now it’s been just much more about the country stuff and soulful folk.

The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring an effort.

From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore.

I am honored to have this role [of the moderator], but this evening belongs to the candidates and, just as important, to the American people.

Laws are the silent assessors of God.

Maybe it's the music that enables them to function like that, to always take everything as it comes and never complain about the misery, hardship or injustice.