Pully, hauly, tug with a will; the gods wiggle waggle, but the sky stands still.

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.

People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

Medical science has made such tremendous progress that there is hardly a healthy human left.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.

Dictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism.

Never have so many been manipulated so much by so few.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

Do not waste your time and life, searching for a job. Utilize your special skills to begin your own work.

I'm terrible at practical jokes. I do them too well, so they're not funny. I end up saying, "Oh, no, I'm joking, I'm joking."

So writing became a way to get to act in things that I thought were meaningful, and hopefully write stronger roles for other women.

Because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we can learn from our experience without being condemned by our experience.

O mortal men, be wary of how ye judge.

What's the last thing a drummer says in a band? 'Hey guys, why don't we try one of my songs?'

Religion is like an ice cold whiskey on a hot day.

I will try not to panic, to keep my standard of living modest and to work steadily, even shyly, in the spirit of those medieval carvers who so fondly sculpted the undersides of choir seats.

McDonalds in Tokyo is a terrible revenge for Pearl Harbor.

My Dad wanted me to be able to play with him and my brothers. I was the only girl!