W. D. Hamilton Quotes

Heroes don't get anything but dead.

You smell of other peoples blood, ma petite. It was no one you know. -Jean Claude and Anita

Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of fiction. It is fiction; it ain't true, folks

There are a thousand ways to hurt someone you love that have nothing to do with physical violence.

One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a lot of the magic turns mundane.

I loved him, but love isn't enough. All the fairy tales, the romance novels, the soap operas; they're all lies. Love does not conquer all.

It is books that are a key to the wide world; if you can't do anything else, read all that you can.

Referee Norlinger is outstanding in the sense that he stands out.

There's no telling what the score will be if this one goes in

Seedsmen reckon that their stock in trade is not seeds at all ... it's optimism.

I feel like it's almost my purpose to speak up about my experience so it could help somebody else.

God created the heavens and the earth, the oceans and the waves for our enjoyment. Surfing is just my way of worshipping Him.

Being able to turn to Jesus after the shark attack kept me alive.

No matter what the people say, I'm gonna love you anyway. Girl, you're my first love.

Industry is increased, commodities are multiplied, agriculture and manufacturers flourish: and herein consists the true wealth and prosperity of a state.

How dare the world define beauty. God defined beauty when he made you! You are beautiful, you are a true beauty just the way you are!

As to religion a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in god and hate a saint.

[V]igor of government is essential to the security of liberty.

The injury which may possibly be done by defeating a few good laws, will be amply compensated by the advantage of preventing a number of bad ones.

Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation.

A bad attitude is the only true handicap.

Always try to maintain complete tolerance and always make an effort to give people more then they expect.

The laws of Congress are restricted to a certain sphere, and when they depart from this sphere, they are no longer supreme or binding.

Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.

I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.

Read much, but not many works.

One thing I've learned about vampires--they keep pulling new rabbits out of their cloaks. Big, fanged, carnivorous bunnies that'll eat your eyeballs if you're not paying attention.

In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.

I'm taking one thing at a time. With the children and launching my solo career it would drive me to a nervous breakdown if I tried to organise a wedding on top of that.

I'm kind of like a relic from another era.

Your looks do not define who you are.

The desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human conduct; ... the best security for the fidelity of mankind is to make their interest coincide with their duty.

Whoever's job it was to keep the room clean was clearly not an overachiever.

I love it in the States. The roads are big, the food is big. If it was possible to be in L.A. and still live my racing life, I would move now.

...that standing army can never be formidable (threatening) to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens, little if at all inferior to them in the use of arms.

I try to keep a balance. I actually believe that children want normal parents, they don't want celebrities or important parents or anything different from all the other parents.

If there are such things as political axioms, the propriety of the judicial power of a government being co-extensive with its legislative, may be ranked among the number.

[Imeachable conduct is] misconduct by public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust.

Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people.

The deliberative sense of the community should govern.

When crime busting is easier than your personal life, something has gone seriously wrong.

My roots and Victor's are jazz, basically, but these two young fellows that we have with us come out of rock bands. And they're tremendously exciting players.

I don't dig staying in one groove.

What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you.

Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil.

To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's self.

As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes.

The natural effect of low interest is to increase trade and industry; because undertakings of every kind can be prosecuted with greater advantage.

Compassion can drive us to do amazing things and give us perspective.

You take insult where none is intended, but if you will find insult where none is meant, then perhaps I should try harder to insult on purpose.