We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.

There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.

The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state.