The commonest weakness of our race is our ability to rationalize our most selfish purposes.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

If you’re not carefulyou’ll end up believing this is the world

Racism, Dr. Sam. I worry for my kids about racism. Racism doesn't appear to take holidays or time off. What can I do about this stuff?

We move in and out of darkness and light all our lives. Right now I'm pleased to be in the light.

Execution is everything. Even if you start a business with the wrong idea or too many competitors, you can out-execute all the better ideas in the right market.

I saw some religious people praying in the temples, churches and another just helping on the streets

All the leadership positions that I have had have one common denominator: none has required that I give up my science work.

It would be fun,” Skulduggery nodded. ”I like kicking Wreath in the face. I haven't had a chance to do it nearly as much as I'd like.

Life is relationships; the rest is just details.

It was an unspoken pleasure, that having come together so many years, ruined so much and repaired a little, we had endured.

I used my pants to illustrate.