“To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.”

“The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it.”

“As I was walking up the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there. / He wasn’t there again today. / I wish, I wish he’d stay away.”

“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.”

“You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.”

“It is not worth an intelligent man’s time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.”