Hal Boyle

Professors simply can't discuss a thing. Habit compels them to deliver a lecture.

What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else.

The cocktail party has a simple function in modern society. Its basic purpose is to pay off social debts.

What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt - it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else.

We need not worry so much about what man descends from - it's what he descends to that shames the human race.