The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself.
I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.
String theory is not the only theory that can accommodate extra dimensions, but it certainly is the one that really demands and requires it.
In order to accommodate to change and to the contrast of phenomena, the intellect does not require any shocks and inner upheavals; it is only through such upheavals that the more conservative mind could accommodate to the metropolitan rhythm of events.
I support tax revenue increases, including the top 2 percent, but only if accompanied by responsible spending limits. The key is balance.
If only Coca-Cola had had the kind of message to accompany its addictive deliciousness that Fox News has, we'd all be speaking Cokelish today.
The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains.
Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
To not to have entirely wasted one's life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself.
The right of revolution, which tyrants, in mockery, accord to mankind, is no legal right under a government; it is only a natural right to overturn a government.
Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.
The only objects of practical reason are therefore those of good and evil. For by the former is meant an object necessarily desired according to a principle of reason; by the latter one necessarily shunned, also according to a principle of reason.
Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
According to 'M' theory, ours is not the only universe. Instead, 'M' theory predicts that a great many universes were created out of nothing.
According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.
In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.
Capitalism requires individual responsibility and accountability. People are seen as atomized units in a capitalist system - they are either useful, or they are not. They are not seen racially or ethnically or religiously. They consume and they produce, and those are their only relevant characteristics.
A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
Although more than 500 million maritime containers move around the world each year, accounting for 90 per cent of international trade, only 2 per cent are inspected. Strengthening customs and immigration systems is essential.
I think fiction isn't so good at being for or against things in general - the rhetorical argument a short story can make is only actualized by the accretion of particular details, and the specificity of these details renders whatever conclusions the story reaches invalid for wider application.
