The most lively thought is still inferior to the dullest sensation.

Until the day arrives when all women decide that our rights are not negotiable, our future choices will not be secure.

We tend to think of philosophies as produced by professional philosophers. Traditionally, this has meant people who have written dissertations on obscure subjects or who spend most of their day in libraries. But every human is, in an important sense, a carrier of an implicit philosophy - evident in their choices, pronouncements and commitments.

We are living in a world where image-making is important, so we ignore the facts.

The men of the press, who despised their own profession, did not know why they were enjoying it today. One of them, a young man with years of notorious success behind him and a cynical look of twice his age, said suddenly, 'I know what I'd like to be: I wish I could be a man who covers news!'

Animals don't know as much about jealousy as people, but they're not ignorant of it, either.