The relationship between a Russian and a bottle of vodka is almost mystical.

No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin.

What is the worth of anything, But for the happiness 'twill bring?

But, as we have before been led to remark, most of Mr. Darwin's statements elude, by their vagueness and incompleteness, the test of Natural History facts.

That the variability of an organism to a certain extent is a constant and certain condition of life we admit, otherwise there would be no distinguishable individuals of a species.

Manifold subsequent experience has led to a truer appreciation and a more moderate estimate of the importance of the dependence of one living being upon another.

Cuvier had preceded Lamarck in specifying the kinds and degrees of variation, which his own observations and critical judgment of the reports of others led him to admit.

Every step in the progress of this study has tended to obliterate the technical barriers by which logicians have sought to separate the inquiries relating to the several parts of man's nature.

Homologue. The same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function.

Analogue. A part or organ in one animal which has the same function as another part or organ in a different animal.

Mr. Darwin refers to the multitude of the individual of every species, which, from one cause or another, perish either before, or soon after attaining maturity.

When you lose yourself in a book the hours grow wings and fly.

Standing beside you, I took an oathto make your life simpler by complicating mineand what I always thought would happen did:I was lifted up in joy.

Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten.

Love ~ Truth ~ Freedom are three words that mean the same, and none may exist without the other present.

I like to do special things for people. Any time someone has a birthday, I make them a really special cake that they all seem to love - it's a Coca-Cola cake.

The music business has let me touch a lot of people with my talent.

Ideas are the cheapest part of the writing. They are free. The hard part is what you do with ideas you've gathered.

I am going to love you now, slow and sweet, but when you come, I'm going to f*** you the way I need to. The way I've been dreaming about since the moment I saw you.

My producers give me total freedom. No one asks me for anything; they just tell me to make a good film, and that's what I do.

There've been times where I wondered whether it was worth continuing in my own education.