If there were nothing you'd still be complaining!

To explain why a man slipped on a banana peel, we do not need a general theory of slipping.

You think we shouldn't anthropomorphize people?

Why is God making me suffer so much? Just because I don't believe in him?

To be envied for your giftedness is better than to be accepted for your untalentedness.

If wishes were grains of sand, the world would be a desert.

Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.

At drama school, we were taught to write down your dreams and carry them around in your wallet with you, and they'll come true, but I didn't do that.

Just this once, let it be easy.

There is absolutely no scientific basis or evidence for 'intelligent design.' It is simply a religious assertion, and it has no place in a science course.

No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.

Half the time, my job is basically to talk people off the ledge. It's more psychological than just me picking up some sticks and counting, "1, 2, 3, 4."

One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar.

Democracy cannot meaningfully function without an informed citizenry, and such a citizenry is impossible without broad public access to information about the operations of government.