The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs.

Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment.

We do not really think, we are barely conscious, until something goes wrong.

The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which hs to be acquired with difficulty.

It is... easy to be certain. One has only to be sufficiently vague.

My language is the sum total of myself.

The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise.

It is not knowing, but the love of learning, that characterizes the scientific man.

The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses.

We should chiefly depend not upon that department of the soul which is most superficial and fallible (our reason), but upon that department that is deep and sure, which is instinct.

There is a kink in my damned brain that prevents me from thinking as other people think.

So many wants distract man from his divine purpose.

A half-truth is even more dangerous than a lie. A lie, you can detect at some stage, but half a truth is sure to mislead you for long.

Sam: I've never considered myself a finicky eater. No pie ever crossed my path and survived.

I did that girly little sighing thing you do when you can't handle all the sweetness anymore and bit my lip.

All labels are offensive in some way.

I don't have a special place or ritual for writing songs, basically I write songs whenever an idea hits me, in my hotel room, on the road, in the plane.

Buildings are always better than drawings and models.

Allow love to fill the places where anxiety now resides.

In software, the chain isn't as strong as its weakest link; it's as weak as all the weak links multiplied together.

Ideas go booming through the world louder than cannon. Thoughts are mightier than armies. Principles have achieved more victories than horsemen or chariots.