The moment that any of us begins to trade principle for approval we give up our power.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife.
Physics is the science of all the tremendously powerful invisibilities – of magnetism, electricity, gravity, light, sound, cosmic rays. Physics is the science of the mysteries of the universe. How could anyone think it dull?
Emotion is a rotten base for politics.
There are laws for everything except the harm families do.
The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance.
Remind me to write an article on the compulsive reading of news. The theme will be that most neuroses can be traced to the unhealthy habit of wallowing in the troubles of five billion strangers.
A pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun – and neither can stop the march of events.