Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?

Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.

Ben, why didn't you tell me?

The Army needs leaders the way a foot needs a big toe.

The Soviet pre-eminence in chess can be traced to the average Russian's readiness to brood obsessively over anything, even the arrangement of some pieces of wood. Indeed, the Russians' predisposition for quiet reflection followed by sudden preventi

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

IF I HAD A MINE SHAFT, I don't think I would just abandon it. There's got to be a better way.

San Francisco isn't what it used to be, and it never was.

I never cheated an honest man, only rascals. They wanted something for nothing. I gave them nothing for something.

If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence that it is not utterly absurd; indeed, in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more often likely to be foolish than sensible.