Once evolution gets a good basic design, it tends to throw away the variants and concentrate on the near-infinite diversity within that design.

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer

Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.

If everyone could understand the working of a psychopath's mind, we undoubtedly would be closer to insanity ourselves.

Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

You're only responsible for being honest, not for someone else's reaction to your honesty.

You cannot expect a man to love you, but not because of your body or physical construction. It is like giving a man the option between choosing you and a monkey.

Out of the military, out of the war, out of the only life they knew. Team Fear took the fall.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

Kiss. n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss".

Great morning prayer is like marinating in the Holy Spirit.

A faithful person is revealed by those who hate him or her. Are you hated for your faith or ethics? If nobody hates you, maybe you have not displayed Christ openly enough.

It's an old axiom of mine: marry your enemies and behead your friends.

Force cannot give right.

I can't do a million things anymore like I could when I was younger.