No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them.

The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.

We may prefer to think of ourselves as fallen angels, but in reality we are rising apes.

Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death.

Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female.

This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time ignoring his fundamental ones.

Under crowded conditions the friendly social interactions between members of a group become reduced, and the destructive and aggressive patterns show a marked rise in frequency and intensity.

Monks, nuns, long-term spinsters and bachelors and permanent homosexuals are all, in a reproductive sense, aberrant. Society has bred them, but they have failed to return the compliment.

I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape.

We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species.

Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.

You cannot control faeries. Can. Not. They aren't logical or rational. They don't obey the same laws (physical, social, emotional, traffic - you name it) that we do.

Suffering is the common lot of man.

Paoletta turned to him with a dark face. Chase had never seen her look so foreboding.“You’d better watch out, Chase. He’s passed over to the evil side.

Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?

I personally believe a crucial ingredient in rehabilitation is to admit that you completely screwed up.

Nothing makes you look older than attempting to look young.

The miracle or the power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance under the promptings of a brave, determined spirit.

If you do not force political freedom, economic freedom will be stymied sooner or later.

How many people yell at linespeople? I see it happening all the time. I don't know how many times I have seen that happen.

You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem.