On those few occasions when a sound bite is also an aphorism, it deserves a little good press. I can’t think of a current example, so here is a sound bite that is exactly 1600 years old:

For the good make use of this world in order to enjoy God, whereas the evil want to make use of God in order to enjoy the world — those of them, that is, who still believe in the existence of God, or in his concern for human affairs; those who do not believe even this are in a much worse case.

The context for this sound bite is a discussion of the offerings of Cain and Abel and the events that ensued, including a very interesting conversation between Cain and God. The quotation above was published by Augustine of Hippo in 410, City of God, Book XV, Chapter 8, but it could well have been written yesterday if the good Saint had not gotten there first.

Dave, not much given to either sound bite or aphorism.