Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

The price of being a sheep is boredom. The price of being a wolf is loneliness. Choose one or the other with great care.

Don't exercise your freedom of speech until you have exercised your freedom of thought.

The prettier the wine bottle, the higher the likelihood sorority girls will buy it.

If you get an opportunity to work with David Simon, anybody with good taste would.

Musicians have to do what they do and express it musically. All the blah blah blah will get lost in the dialogue.

Consistently investigate what gives other people energy. Be the fan that fuels it.

I feel like I'm capable of doing so many things to help people around the country and the world.

Writing is not "the establishment of a professional reputation" as if one were a doctor or lawyer; it is not properly in the sentence with creation of a family and the purchase of a home.

Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be

What is it?” “A prayer.” “For a child?” She nodded. “For me?” Another nod. “On a tree?” “Trees spend all day looking up at God.