W. D. Hamilton Quotes

Sometimes good and evil aren't so much opposites as two sides of a coin. You toss it one way and it looks good, another way and it's evil, sometimes it just depends on which end of the gun you're on.

Doing everything with one arm, being well-known, and having a book and a movie, it's fairly abnormal. As far as just not having to worry about past experiences, I've healed very well.

I've never turned down an autograph request. I've never not taken a picture with someone.

A little boy who's discovered the monster under the bed is actually real, and it's screwing Mommy.

The pursuit of knowledge is but a course between two ignorances, as human life is itself only a wayfaring from grave to grave.

As I've taught our congregation, within the Christian faith the question of homosexuality is not a question of biblical authority, but biblical interpretation.

I'm the undisputed champion of keeping my mouth shut and just sitting there like a piece of furniture.

In the marketing society, we seek fulfillment but settle for abundance. Prisoners of plenty, we have the freedom to consume instead of our freedom to find our place in the world.

Be sober, and to doubt prepense, These are the sinews of good sense.

Our word 'idiot' comes from the Greek name for the man who took no share in public matters.

You are always going to face forces that can bring you to your knees.

though the outside of human life changes much, the inside changes little, and the lesson-book we cannot graduate from is human experience.

Travel's the great educator, especially for the girls. You can't put a value on it.

He's no more human than I am, ma petite." At least I'm not dead." That can be remedied.

In Hawaii, the environment is fabulous. In Malibu, the people are fabulous. Our family unity is tight, and we have the Pacific Ocean outside our door in both places, so there is consistency.

A person's wound is where their passion is born.

The modern minds in each generation are the critics who preserve us from a petrifying world, who will not leave us to walk undisturbed in the ways of our fathers.

Fortunately, I was given an incredible foundation from my independent mother. She showed me what was possible from a strong, loving woman.

The comedy of each age holds up a mirror to the people of that age, a mirror that is unique.

I just don't believe in helping people who are going to torture me. Though I don't see any bamboo slivers. How can you possibly torture someone without bamboo slivers?

If you fear nothing, then you are not brave. You are merely too foolish to be afraid.

If the eyes are the window to the soul, then Edward's in trouble 'cause no one is home.

Stupidity isn't punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop.

A world-class playboy once told me that the key to mesmerising women is to listen to them and look deeply into their eyes.

Maybe you have to live under cover for a while before you can find your true character.

Getting back on the surfboard after the [shark] attack was the hardest thing and I did it! After that, the hardest thing was my first competition.

It's my personal opinion and I'm not espousing it to anybody else, I think your immune system and how healthy you are determines how you react to any excess of any kind.

Ze soldiers are very hoppy shooting ze pipples who say that ze pipples are not hoppy.

Treat [Williams] and I have remained sort of like war buddies. He's a good guy. It doesn't matter who is the wingman, you just know that you work good together.

Sleep doesn't seem necessary. You wake up feeling great. But it's not all great feelings.

I went in to play the most corrupt politician I could possibly think of [in "The Congressman"] and to do it with a certain kind of charm.

A vampire victim. I'd never seen a lone kill. They were like potato chips; once a vamp tasted them, he couldn't stop at just one.

I thought, better to get out while I'm still alive.

I don't use the phrase 'I love you' very often, but I say it every time I talk to my children.

Women want honesty but sometimes get upset if you are honest, so you need to know when to be honest.

Women don't like men who know they're good looking. They'd much prefer a man who doesn't know he's good looking.

A woman beautiful facially can negate all her beauty by no longer being feminine.

I always felt people who took themselves seriously were kind of boring.

Anybody not wearing a two-million sun block is gonna have a pretty bad day.

I think I existed on four hours sleep a night for four years.

If the reader doesn't understand what you're saying, you're talking to yourself.

Don't believe the man who tells you there are two sides to every question. There is only one side to the truth.

Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience.

The second you stop questioning yourself is the second that you become the monster. -Merry

Self-doubt is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Every day I wake up and decide: today I'm going to love my life.

Money doesn't spend in hell.... The devil deals in a different coin.

Exercise is an incredible key to feeling well.

Refined indifference is a sports psychology precept: train like there's no tomorrow and then accept whatever happens. Once you step on the field realize that whatever is meant to be is meant to be.

He looked less handsome without the smile and glow in his eyes, but he also seemed more real. Being real will get me into trouble faster than any amount of charm.