She turned to examine Dr. Breed, looking at him with helpless reproach. She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind.

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

You'll forget it when you're dead, and so will I. When I'm dead, I'm going to forget everything–and I advise you to do the same.

Maturity, the way I understand it, is knowing what your limitations are.

When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlighenment and comfort at top speed

Americans... are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the vanished frontier.

She was a fool, and so am I, and so is anyone who thinks he sees what God is Doing, [writes Bokonon].

The mountebank told them that God was surely trying to kill them, possibly because He was through with them, and that they should have the good manners to die. This, as you can see, they did.

Nothing is generous. New knowledge is a valuable commodity. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we are.

Mister, when I see my first lady angel, if God ever sees fit to show me one, it’ll be her wings not her face that’ll make my mouth fall open. I’ve already seen the prettiest face that ever could be.

The brainless serenity of charwomen and janitors working late at night came over us. In a messy world we were at least making our little corner clean.

Love is a weapon of Light, and it has the power to eradicate all forms of darkness. That is the key. When we offer love even to our enemies, we destroy their darkness and hatred...

But besides that I was of an unforgiving disposition from my birth, slow to take offense, slower to forget it, and now incensed both against my companion and myself.

That's good. And speaking of spelling, tell me -- do you wrap your head in a towel after you shower?

Until recently, I thought 'occasional poetry' meant that you wrote only occasionally.

I'd like to find someone to procreate with - as sexy as that sounds. If you're out and about and fit the description, come up and say hi. I won't bite. Well, maybe a little, if you're lucky.

Music and art are two very different activities for me. However, the use of imagery links them, and invention is important for both.

A house is not a home until it has a dog.

It's not in the draftsmanship, it's in the man. Like I say, a tool is dead. A brush is a dead object. It's in the man. If you want to do it, you do it.

My wigs are ever changing in height, width, color, size. They make me feel happy. Wearing them makes me feel like I can be a different person every day and that is kind of exciting.

I'm a random guy. I shake a hand and make a friend. I don't do egotistical things.