I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
'Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.' Under the influence of this pestilent morality, I am forever letting tomorrow's work slop backwards into today's, and doing painfully and nervously today what I could do quickly and easily tomorrow.
The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.
I like to play blackjack. I'm not addicted to gambling, I'm addicted to sitting in a semi-circle.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.