“Originality irritates so obscurely that people may have to evolve to scratch it.”

“…no person, no matter how vivid an imagination he may have, can invent anything half so droll as the freaks and fancies that originate in the lively brains of little people.”

“The man who says that his mother was or is the best cook in the world can lay claim to little originality. Many men have said it, and for various reasons- not the least of which, the modern woman may contend, being to irritate their wives.”

“Philosophy hasn't made any progress? - If somebody scratches the spot where he has an itch, do we have to see some progress? Isn't genuine scratching otherwise, or genuine itching itching? And can't this reaction to an irritation continue in the same way for a long time before a cure for the itching is discovered?”

“Cultures aren’t so much planned as they evolve from that early set of people.”

“It is really irritating to work with irritating people”