Miscellaneous Quotes

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

A riot is the language of the unheard.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

What you cannot enforce, do not command.