I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind pitiless indifference.

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing.

No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's, privacy.

I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.

Never accept a drink from a urologist.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.

We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

Common sense is not so common.

What is to give light must endure burning.

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.