"A generation which ignores history has no past and no future."

"There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe."

"To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful."

"The Office does not sanctify the holder of it."

"Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it."

"People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt."

"For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth."

"The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse."

"God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it."

"Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color."

"He felt about books as doctors feel about medicines, or managers about plays - cynical, but hopeful."

"Maybe it's easier to like someone else's life, and live vicariously through it, than take some responsiblity to change our lives into lives we might like."