This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

I don't like books that seem to want to teach me things. Which is not to say that one doesn't learn from books - but you do your own learning in your own way.

The moon I see now is the same moon I saw before. Except that before, when I looked at it, it was in anticipation of what it would be like when I got there. That's behind me now.

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.