Clothes therefore, must be the insignia of the superiority of man over all other animals, for surely there could be no other reason for wearing the hideous things

When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled, and smiles are the foundation of beauty.

If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.

I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly.

If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor.

The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.

So strong is the power of superstition that even though we know that we have been reverencing a sham, yet still we hesitate to admit the validity of our new-found convictions.

I do not think that I am ever overconfident. I am merely wholly confident, and I maintain that there is all the difference in the world there.

It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness.

Golf is a mental disorder.

Am I alive and a reality, or am I but a dream?

In great moments life seems neither right nor wrong but something greater: it seems inevitable.

I absolutely believe the past had its share of warrior women who fought like men. Whether some of these were the actual Amazons from Greek myth is another matter.

Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources

Hindsight bias makes surprises vanish.

The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.

The black people in this country are taught that their religion and the best religion is the religion of Islam, and when one accepts the religion of Islam, he's known as a Muslim.

I don't have to work, really, but I do enjoy working, and I do enjoy getting paid.

Your life is a gift and how you respond to it - what you do with it matters. That's where I start.

When I got my PhD, it was a time when there were just no jobs for PhDs. Period. PhDs were getting the lowest paid technician jobs, if they were lucky, in any kind of science.

I tend to hear rhythm and melody, chord-progressions, long before I hear words.