Consciousness is the chronic pain of life, and all higher organisms suffer it every waking moment.

Society can serve its citizens only to the extent that it knows them.

In a thousand years, Fred, no one will even know or care we existed.

Capitalism was a marvel, as long as you were a capitalist.

Be they pharaohs or freeholders, barons or farmers, landowners have been the most capable, most intrepid, and most assertive members of civilized society.

Even a wolf knows how to be polite when animalistic humans have no clue about politeness

It's love when someone can touch you without using their hands.

Everything begins as an internal reality and then is externalized through perception.

The following statement is true. The previous statement is false.

What is deeper is warmer. When you’re looking for what is deeper, add warmth.

I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.

You fill yourself with the sharp pain of love, rather than its fulfillment.

I wanted to be a part of the downtown renaissance.

I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other.