It is one of the consolations of philosophy that the benefit of showing how to dispense with a concept does not hinge on dispensing with it.

To be is to be the value of a variable.

Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation.

Irrefragability, thy name is mathematics.

Science is not a substitute for common sense, but an extension of it.

We do not learn first what to talk about and then what to say about it.

Creatures inveterately wrong in their inductions have a pathetic but praise-worthy tendency to die before reproducing their kind.

I have been accused of denying consciousness but I am not conscious of having done so.

Confusion of sign and object is original sin coeval with the word.

One man's antinomy is another man's falsidical paradox, give or take a couple of thousand years.

The scientist is indistinguishable from the common man in his sense of evidence, except that the scientist is more careful.

We are made of stellar ash. Our origin and evolution have been tied to distant cosmic events. The exploration of the cosmos is a voyage of self-discovery.

What you see at fight club is a generation of men raised by women.

The press follow me. I sue them. That's the deal.

I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.

I have to live the content, then come back and write about it.

They can kill the Kennedys. Why can't they make a cup of coffee that tastes good?

Believe me, having a teenage daughter is like living with the Taliban.

When You're young, you get sad, and you get high.

We wouldn't survive if people didn't trust us.

Whoever it was, whether I knew them or not, if I could help in some way, I would. I mean, if you can help, you have to help. Don't you think? - Poppy Wyatt