It is not I who am strong, it is reason, it is truth.

If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.

Man's highest duty is to protect animals from cruelty.

Nothing develops intelligence like travel.

Truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it.

The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.

Did science promise happiness? I do not believe it. It promised truth, and the question is to know if we will ever make happiness with truth.

Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them.

If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow.

The only basis for living is believing in life, loving it, and applying the whole force of one's intellect to know it better.

Respectable people... What bastards!

In America we have an idolatry called the “adulation of youth.” Apparently distressed by their inability to communicate with the younger generation, many adults simply imitate it.

Some things are strange to me, and some things are odd. But I don't condemn. If you can accept me, I can accept you.

Bees are not as busy as we think they are. They just can't buzz any slower.

America is a really delicate flower that needs a lot of attention.

With the media, I could be quick and ugly and critical. I tend to wear my emotions on my sleeve.

All his faults are such that one loves him still the better for them.

I will say go into the world and try to find good people that feel genuine affection and love for you, and disregard everything else about their background.

I've learned to sell my music, I've learned to direct, I've written screenplays... All of this fulfilled my artistic needs but also put food on the table.

In Reno, there is always a bull market, never a bear market, for the stocks and bonds of happiness.

There were some things you did, no matter what, and when a friend needed help, you helped them.