I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish.

I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish.

Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to read more

Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to compete with other people. The specialist knows more and more about less and less and finally knows everything about nothing.

Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves read more

Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts.

It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be read more

It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, "The Beryl Coronet".

A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.

A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.

If you want to be a winner, hang around with winners.

If you want to be a winner, hang around with winners.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely read more

It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely wrong. We can only make them right by discussion.