Socialism is a return to primitive conditions.

I had intended to have gone into Africa incognito. But the fact that a white man, even an American, was about to enter Africa was soon known all over Zanzibar.

The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercantile houses in Europe and America.

The more experience and insight I obtain into human nature, the more convinced do I become that the greater portion of a man is purely animal.

Doctor Livingstone, I presume?

Religion acts as a moral gardener, to weed out, or suppress, evil tendencies, which, like weeds and nettles, would shoot up spontaneously in the wonderful compost of the garden, if unwatched.

Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure.

The sky lovingly smiles on the earth and her children.

Life is not defined by what you achieve, but what you give.

He didn’t know if he was amused or unsettled by her ability to unbalance him the way she had. Correction. He didn’t know if he was amused, unsettled or pleased by her ability.

My focus in 2010 was on just running fast races. My focus in 2011 was for winning at the World Championships. This year has been a combination of the two so we'll see what kind of time it brings.

Even were sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing.

If you're not doing something that people will remark on, then it's going to be hard to generate word of mouth.

It's the company itself, but most of these mutual fund companies, the guy who runs the company is just a fact totem and the guy who runs the money is the power. But we really don't know who they are.

A wasteland is a confrontation to a man of stature: an empty place, a gauntlet thrown down in challenge and defiance. A place like that cries out to be conquered and civilised.

Rule of science: only exclude purpose, and Nature will reveal her causes.

Wikileaks is a democratizing force. Its giving individuals access to decisions and thinking by their representatives and in a democracy that ought to be reflexive.

I started harmonica at the age of four, and when I was 12 I started the guitar. Then I played at school.