"One man stands head and shoulders above his contemporary scholars: head and shoulders, some hold, above the Middle Ages: John Scotus Erigena."

"The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end."

"Baseball skill relates inversely to age. The older a man gets, the better a ball player he was when young, …"

"His poetry, as a whole, is more nearly the real right thing than any of the poetry of a somewhat older gene…"

"It is madness to attempt to hold. In the first place the troops cannot do it and in the second place if the…"

"Fall Out Boy's Joe Trohman: 'My Best Thing Is Putting On The Best Live Show'"

"There was a sense of security in old, familiar feelings in spite of their discomfort."