“from opinion surveys that journalists are less trusted and less esteemed than used to be the case.”
“Luckily, a recent survey published in the American Sociological Review revealed that atheists are the least trusted group in America—less trusted, even, than homosexuals. It makes sense at least we trust the homosexuals with our hair.”
“Alarm, when used for anything less than a fire or an air attack, is certain to muddle the mind, unsettle the senses, and, in most cases, more than double the danger.”
“Men trust their ears less than their eyes.”
“Our natures are, indeed, elusively insubstantial—notoriously less stable and less inherent than the nature of other things. And insofar as this is the case, sincerity itself is bullshit.”
“But in the case of an artist, weakness is nothing less than a crime, when it is a weakness that paralyses the imagination. ”