Grant had dealt too long with the human intelligence to accept as truth someone's report of someone's report of what that someone remembered to have seen or been told.

One would expect boredom to be a great yawning emotion, but it isn't, of course. It's a small niggling thing.

Alan Grant: "There are... far too many words written. Millions and millions of them pouring from the presses every minute. It's a horrible thought." The Midget (his nurse): "You sound constipated.

I think instead [of happiness] we should be working for contentment... an inner sense of fulfillment that's relatively independent of external circumstances.

If that church is not adding value to your life, you may want to reconsider how often you go to church.

Some victories are merely defeat wearing the wrong clothing

Our life is shaped by our mind, for we become what we think.

Data can bear on policy issues, but many of our opinions about policy are grounded in premises about the nature of human life and human society that are beyond the reach of data.

Gods can screw anything and anybody. For reference, see history.Atticus O'Sullivan

Eat your heart out. Oh, wait. You can’t. It’s not organic.

Nothing seems to matter but ourselves. That's not how I was brought up. I don't recognize the country I live in anymore.

If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write.

Men and women are moved by tides much fiercer than you can imagine, and they sweep us all up into the current.