Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it.
There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.
I ended up stepping on her stomach as the crowd pushed me past her, but by then I don't think she was feeling anything.
An idea is salvation by imagination.
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
The crux... is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing.