Oh, what tangled webs we weave, When we first practice to deceive.
Each religion, by the help of more or less myth which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabline it to make its peace with its destiny.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity
This is no time to act like a gentleman. I am a cad and shall react like one.
Remember folks. Street lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph.
In an optimal world, I would not be necessary.
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.