Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.

That's libertarians for you - anarchists who want police protection from their slaves.

It was a world of acts, and words had no more influence on acts than the sound of a waterfall has on the flow of the stream.

Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can't grasp the current situation.

Science was many things, Nadia thought, including a weapon with which to hit other scientists.

The distinguishing mark of true adventures, is that it is often no fun at all while they are actually happening.

We are here to inscribe ourselves on the universe, and it is not inappropriate to remind ourselves of this when blank slates are given us.

First you fall in love with Antarctica, and then it breaks your heart.

An excess of reason is itself a form of madness

The minimum that most minimalists want leaves in place just the institutions who protect their interests. That's libertarians for you - anarchists who want police protection from their slaves.

None of us know our real names.

If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?

Those who choose differently must suffer the consequences. They must take the pain their decisions bring.

Not to sound overly cheesy but I really appreciate the freedom we have in America - especially as a female.

When you're launching a business, you just really want to know somebody deeply to help in how you do it.

.. that terrible feeling that you're not good enough to be loved by the people you love most, and eventually by anyone else.

I'd give my life to be the national team coach.

Dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink.

There must be always remaining in every life, some place for the singing of angels, some place for that which in itself is breathless and beautiful.

We are always open to instruction, willing to be wiser every day than we were before, and to change whatever we can change for the better.