As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex.

We cannot take one step in geology without drawing upon the fathomless stores of by-gone time.

The powers of nature are never in repose; her work never stands still.

From first to last it is a dish of rank materialism cleverly cooked up ... . And why is this done? For no other reason, I am sure, except to make us independent of a Creator.

The pretended physical philosophy of modern days strips Man of all his moral attributes, or holds them of no account in the estimate of his origin and place in the created world.

A cold atheistical materialism is the tendency of the so-called material philosophy of the present day.

Flowers of all hue and without thorn the rose.

That which arises dependent on something is not in the least that thing, neither is it different from it. Therefore, it is neither permanent or nothing.

You don't just go to the studio and say, 'I'm going to write a hit.' It becomes a hit when people like your compositions.

As far as the arts and the sciences are concerned, the German mind appreciates most highly that which it does not understand of the latter, and that which it does not enjoy of the former.

I can't think of a recent baseball song except John Fogerty's Centerfield. It's very difficult to write a baseball song that pleases fans and non-fans alike.

You might be a redneck if it's easier to spray weed killer on your lawn than mow it.

Wow", he rasped. "Do you emasculate all the men, or am I speacial?

The atomic bomb certainly is the most powerful of all weapons, but it is conclusively powerful and effective only in the hands of the nation which controls the sky.

For me, I would rather read a good book, from a contented author. I don't really care what it takes to produce that.

The most important investment you can make is in yourself... nobody can tax it or take it away from you.