Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!

Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat.

It is perfectly okay to write garbage – as long as you edit brilliantly.

A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.

Watch out for a man whose enemies keep disappearing.

Culture is how biology responds and makes its living conditions better.

I most fear stupid people. Stupid people will do anything. Truly smart people will do only what is logical for them to do.

Trade isn't about goods. Trade is about information. Goods sit in the warehouse until information moves them.

Remember, constantly, that when you talk about 'tense of a subjunctive,' you're not talking about time. You're slipping through degrees of reality.

Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction.

For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.

We never realize just how many other lives we can help when their paths cross our own.

When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric chair.

There's a pianist out of Boston who made a beautiful record for the Fresh Sound label called "Sketch Book"; his name is Vardan Ovsepian.

In Europe they look upon jazz as art. In America it's a diversion. Somebody opens a restaurant and installs another band off to the side. People don't listen.

Just as human activity is upsetting Earth's carbon cycle, our actions are altering the water cycle.

Over time even two armed blind men in a room can do enormous damage to each other, not to speak of the room.

Last, I just want to thank God again. He's the first and the last. Alpha and Omega. I thank you for saving my life.

Listen to the silence. Listen to your life. Be present, not just think about what's going on next week, next month.

The educator has the duty of not being neutral.

Believe in who you are, and trust in what you know is true. Your choices are reflections of the goodness within you.