Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research.

Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent. . . The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of strong and provocative words.

Everything's going along as usual and then all shit breaks loose.

We write to discover what we think.

There's nothing more frightening than a day job.

These are the days when birds come back$$$ a very few$$$ a Bird or two$$$ to take a backward look.

I was standing in the most absolute aloneness that I had ever been given.

The wise man tests before he talks. The critic but follows the fad of a cynical and apathetic age.

For all evils there are two remedies — time and silence.