quotes of day Friday, October 9, 2026

“Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind.”

“Mankind cannot get on without a certain amount of absurdity.”

“Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same.”

“Reporters aren't stupid. We were standing around talking about which of the 900 health-care proposals that nobody's going to accept is that day's hot news. They know how silly that is. But that's what they do.”

“When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.”

“Those who make virtue their profession are the ruin of virtue.”

“Since my daughter is only half-Jewish, could she go in the water up to her knees?”

“I really had a chip on my shoulder, ... and it still comes out every now and then.”

“That's what music is: entertainment. The more you put yourself into it, the more of you comes out in it.”

“I’m living now in my reward.”

“There is nothing that deceives us more than our own judgment when used to give an opinion on our own works. It is sound in judging the work of our enemies but not that of our friends, for hate and love are two of the most powerfully motivating factors found among living things.”

“This is the crux of the moral pessimists: if they really wanted to promote their neighbor's redemption, then they would have to resolve themselves to spoiling existence for him, and thus to being his misfortune; out of pity, they would have to--become evil!”

“All things are complete within ourselves.”