"I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world."

"Most people assume the fights are going to be the left versus the right, but it always is the reasonable versus the jerks."

"Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them."

"Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter."