Money was the manure of politics.

When emotion supersedes reason ... gullibility must follow.

No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.

Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything - including their own sins.

there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.

The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.

I knew the answer, and--of course--so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.

Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.

A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.

Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.

Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.

Our prayers must spring from the indigenous soil of our own personal confrontation with the Spirit of God in our lives.

Kant attempted to work out a view of religion and religious belief according to which existing religions could be brought into harmony with modernity, science and reason.

We might all be so afraid to be who we are, but in the end, it's really you're individual, unique qualities that make you attractive to people.

you feel a little bit lost right now about what to do with your life, a bit rudderless and oarless and aimless but that's okay that's alright because we're all meant to be like that at twenty-four.

Just as with the quartet, each part of a painting is telling a different story.

A mother's love is supposed to be unconditional. That you could give your child up, over their sexuality, is unthinkable.

You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down.

Like Neanderthals, men prefer to hunt alone or, if in a pack, at the head of it. Women, whether in the field or in a campfire, are collaborative, and when they hunt...they work together.

He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.

The deepest bonds of unity are forged through the trial of competing ideals that have compatible values.