Religious people of any serious kind made her nervous: they were like men in raincoats who might or might not be flashers.

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.

It must have been then that I began to lose faith in reasonable argument as the sole measure of truth.

People change, though, especially after they are dead.

What thumbsuckers we all are...when it comes to mothers.

With most people doubt about one thing is simply blind belief in another.

You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is.

My weapon isn't my shot. It's me.

Love was always the goal, and my point every step of the way was that nothing is wrong with love, no matter what flavor it comes in.

Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters.

I'm serenely convinced that we are heading into what will amount to a time out from technological progress as we know it.

We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.

Michael still thought of Havana as home, because he was born there. And he had been Miguel Arroya there. Here, he was Michael.

Jews, black people - any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people - use humour. It is a survival skill.

In the cabaret of globalization, the state shows itself as a table dancer that strips off everything until it is left with only the minimum indispensable garments: the repressive force.