That artists are called to be more responsible and 'true' is a tip of hat to their power.
Wasting a fortune is evaporation by a thousand imperceptible means.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
Our aspirations are our possibilities.
Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
There is no doubt that constitutional freedoms will never be abolished in one fell swoop, for the American people cherish their freedoms, and would not tolerate such a loss if they could perceive it. But the erosion of freedom rarely comes as an all-out frontal assault but rather as a gradual, noxious creeping, cloaked in secrecy, and glossed over by reassurances of greater security.
By legend and perhaps by nature philosophers are more accustomed to the armchair than the workbench.
Never underestimate the human capacity for delusion.
I feel like I'm working on an oil rig right now. I'm away from home a lot.