"I've often thought that the best thing to do with a human being is to put him in a box and feed him through a slot."

"History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again."

"I like it that the dead don't talk. If they did, the past would be even more unbearable than it already is."

"I have this disease late at night sometimes, involving alcohol and the telephone."

"There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of …"