That which endures is not one or another association of living forms, but the process of which the cosmos is the product, and of which these are among the transitory expressions.

The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

Only one absolute certainty is possible to man, namely that at any given moment the feeling which he has exists.

The Bible has been the Magna Charta of the poor and of the oppressed.

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.

God give me strength to face a fact though it slay me.

Life is too short to occupy oneself with the slaying of the slain more than once.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity.

Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.

When wiggling through a holethe world looks different thanwhen scrubbed clean by the wiggleand looking back.

Is that-am I looking at her beaver?"Mid-swig, I choke on the mouthful of beer, sputtering and coughing. After I recover, I ask jokingly, "'Beaver'? Are you Canadian or something?

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

One thing I am learning is to slow down. Multitasking is great, but I when try to do everything at warp speed I just end up with typos and stress.

When you have a lot of resources, the most important thing is to have had good parents and to have been brought up by people who gave one the proper values.

A cocktail party is a place where you talk with a person you do not know about a subject you have no interest in.

I wouldn't live in Chicago cause it's too conservative, aside for the fact that Oprah Winfrey lives there.

When Daddy goes to work, there's a mouth to feed, a point to life and a reason to do things

It's a piece of property that, if you're going to have a development out here, you need to have a golf course because you need to take care of the effluent water being created by the development.

Time's the king of men; he's both their parent, and he is their grave, and gives them what he will, not what they crave.