We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.
It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents.
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Abstinence from sins is better than seeking help afterwards.
Writing laws based on an abstract theory, rather than reality, is a dangerous undertaking.
Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be.
Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.
That's what kept us going - a sense of absurdity, rather than humor.
There are two kinds of experts: academic experts and practical experts. One is not better than the other, but they are very different, and each offers very different value.
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
Even when safety guidelines and regulations are in place, the rate of chemicals acceptable by law may be far higher than what is genuinely safe.
By any accepted standard, I have had more than nine lives. I counted them up once, and there were 13 times I almost and maybe should have died.
To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
We protect aspirin bottles in this country better than we protect guns from accidents by children.
I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.
Though little known in the U.S., the Dakar is a sports juggernaut in Europe, where France's state broadcasting company runs more than 25 hours of coverage, and the leading drivers and riders are accorded the same status we give to Super Bowl quarterbacks.
Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.
Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets.
New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.