We're told, from many sources, that any onecan achieve anything. We've done away with the caste system, we are now in a system where anyone can rise to any position they please. And it's a beautiful idea. Along with that is a kind of spirit of equality; we're all basically equal. There are no strictly defined hierarchies. There is one really big problem with this, and that problem is envy.

I don’t need a crown to know I’m a king.

没有比在法律的庇护下、以正义之名实施的暴政更大的暴政。

作家的任务是使不可见的变得可见。

In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then He made School Boards.

Change is uncomfortable, but it's necessary for progress.

Technology should serve both efficiency and ethics in mineral extraction.