In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.

It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.

Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.