Quote #29696
There are four things that hold back human progress. Ignorance, stupidity, committees and accountants.
Quote #329
It may be irrational of me, but human beings are quite my favorite species.
Quote #4889
Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I...
Quote #2651
Henry James would have been vastly improved as a novelist by a few whiffs...
Quote #16269
You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from...
Quote #34339
The idea of an election is much more interesting to me than the election...
Quote #11702
Whenever we read the obscene stories, voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortous executions, the...
Quote #23221
This institution will be based upon the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For...
Quote #26609
History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.
Quote #646
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the...