It has become much harder, in the past century, to tell where the garden leaves off and pure nature begins.

Johnny Appleseed was revered . . he was . . . an evangelist (of a doctrine veering perilously close to pantheism).

Memory is the enemy of wonder

For great many species today, “fitness” means the ability to get along in a world in which humankind has become the most powerful evolutionary force.

We're all secretly idiots inside.

I'm always going back to one thing - my family... It's my family, my religion, my fighters. Put them in any order you want.

There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of future ideas is impossible in soundbite form.

Everybody feels he has a right to a life of luxury - or at least comfort - so there's a lot of frustration and resentment when the dream craps out.

When did the cell phone become a license to be rude? And why must I be subjected to your personal conversations?

Bono is my inspiration - not only as a rock star but as a humanitarian. We aren't just put on this earth to sell records. Maybe it's because of my upbringing, but I do consider myself a moral guy.

I think they probably got it on, Jesus and Mary Magdalene.

If a man is not peaceful and non-violent, whichever religion he belongs to, he is not a man! Violence degrades man to a low-degree creature!

You could probably prove, by judicious use of logarithms and congruent triangles, that real life is a lot more like soap opera than most people will admit.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.