The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices against half the human race that are considered prejudices according to any dictionary definition.

There is a hidden fear that somehow, if they are only given a chance, women will suddenly do as they have been done by.

Sadly, man recognises that the ideal, submissive woman he has created for himself is somehow not quite what he wanted.

Nothing comes back. The eye sees for a moment, the ear hears, but look, now it is gone.

For centuries the word 'nature' has been used to bolster prejudices or to express, not reality, but a state of affairs that the user would wish to see.

Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a water-tight excuse for making money hand over fist.

But the gates of my happy childhood had clanged shut behind me; I had become adult enough to recognize the need to conceal unbearable emotions for the sake of others.

grievance does not make for great art.

In solitude we realize that nothing human is alien to us.

I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?

Everybody knows it hurts to grow up...and we're still fighting it.

There's an old saying among scientific guys: "You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs, ideally by dropping a cement truck on them from a crane."

I think I've set some big goals. The American people haven't had a raise in 15 years. Getting incomes up is a huge goal. Now maybe it's not as exciting to some people, but it's a huge goal.

What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.

I always wanted to make a children's album because you have the freedom to explore so many wonderful topics and sounds.

I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing over whether it is true or not.

I mean, what do you do in Las Vegas? You gamble - and you go to strip clubs.

Like anything, you just need to stay true to who you are and hope that social constructs don't get in the way of accomplishing your goals.