People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that we are thinking faster, too.

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High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it.

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it.

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

All students can learn.

All students can learn.

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, everyday, something no one else...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, everyday, something no one else...

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper...

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper...

Only the sinner has the right to preach.

Only the sinner has the right to preach.

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

God made man merely to hear some praise of what he'd done on those Five...

God made man merely to hear some praise of what he'd done on those Five...

We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours...

We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.