My language is the sum total of myself.

Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment.

We do not really think, we are barely conscious, until something goes wrong.

The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs.

The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which hs to be acquired with difficulty.

It is... easy to be certain. One has only to be sufficiently vague.

The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise.

It is not knowing, but the love of learning, that characterizes the scientific man.

The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses.

We should chiefly depend not upon that department of the soul which is most superficial and fallible (our reason), but upon that department that is deep and sure, which is instinct.

There is a kink in my damned brain that prevents me from thinking as other people think.

They fight like puppies. They are young, and boys. They are full of anger and impatience. Women have less trouble with these things. It's part of what makes us better fighters.

In any relationship, there's gonna be conflict.

I kind of do this awkward body language because, growing up, I had a really hard time expressing myself vocally.

We don't realize how much we create reality through language. If we say that life is hard, it will be hard.

Things change. Nothing ever stays the same, yo. You ain't never gonna stay 25 or 30 or 40. You always gonna change. Every day you change.

There's nothing within science per se that says medical researchers must not experiment on human subjects; it is the imposition of ethical dogma that constrains the scientist.

It doesn't matter what you all think, what you all say about me, because when I go home at night, the same people that I look in the face, my family that I love, that's all that really matters to me.

Colored leather is my favorite. To me, there's nothing more fun than wearing a cobalt blue leather skirt or a fuchsia leather jacket.

I have a deep attachment to the natural world. It's a major influence on my writing, and as I look out over the wonderful snow-covered Santa Fe hills, I'm grateful for every day that I live here.

Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.