Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
The only difference between a rut and a grave... is in their dimensions.
We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.
I looked up and saw a bunch of military-looking guys in coveralls, holding big, bulky rifles and wearing hooded gas masks with tinted face-plates.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy.
The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.