To be a naturalist is better than to be a king.
No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin.
Jesus of Nazareth was a poet, no less than a prophet, of pre-eminent genius.
There has never been a better raconteur than Jesus of Nazareth.
I've played more park games than NBA games, and I had a 10-year NBA career.
Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.
Obama doesn't run around wearing a Carrie Bradshaw-esque nameplate necklace that says 'Socialist.' But his policies, actions, words, background and associations speak louder than any ID necklace ever could.
It's true that redistributing income to the needy is politically easier in a growing economy than in a stagnant one.
An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.
Ineptitude and negligence directed British policies in India more than any cynical desire to divide and rule, but the British were not above exploiting rivalries.
I have no neighbours other than animals and Joshua Trees.
Moore's Law-based technology is so much easier than neuroscience. The brain works in such a different way from the way a computer does.
Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.
A great scientist is more open to a new idea than almost anybody.
There's nothing lovelier than having a newborn and still plotting a dark conspiracy.
Even to current-events junkies, the notion of a 24-hour news channel sounded like a gimmick when the Cable News Network launched more than 30 years ago.
If I get married, I think I'd pick out a newspaperman rather than a millionaire. A newspaperman is a regular fellow.
What nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast?
I'm much nicer in person than on Twitter.
