I hate it that Americans are taught to fear some books and some ideas as though they were diseases.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.

Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.

One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.

Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God. It is so extraordinarily full of magic, and in tough times of my life I can listen to music and it makes such a difference.

Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.

We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.

If you see something working for someone else, and you are in the same business, more than likely it will work for you.

They have both loved you with a child’s love, and now a man’s. It is the child’s love that holds you together . . . cemented by the moments you shared with them that they treasure most.

It's never too late.

Bread and water will not break me, and if you choose to isolate me, I shall have only but more time to plot against my oppressors.

I love Christmas. I'm totally the 'decorate early, start listening to Christmas songs super-early' guy.

NHPrimary Trivia: The Republican candidates have not spoken to a black person since Herman Cain dropped out.

I always feel as if my books came half out of Lyell's brain... & therefore that when seeing a thing never seen by Lyell, one yet saw it partially through his eyes.

Ironically, we have even fewer examples of evolutionary transitions than we had in Darwin's time.

Life is set up to bring you every needed situation in its own right time.

It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.