Quote #1002
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Quote #19873
The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives
Quote #1167
Student: “Can you do problem number twelve?” Wyler: Twelve?…NO!…That problem is on the test.
Quote #3484
Los Angeles, it should be understood, is not a mere city. On the contrary,...
Quote #13733
The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry...
Quote #31476
To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
Quote #26050
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering...
Quote #1184
“How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible,...
Quote #31493
Books…are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with ‘em, then we grow out of...
Quote #1850
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.