There's nothing good on the television; let's burn a witch. It must have been terribly exciting to live in those times.

The very essence of playfulness is an openness to anything that may happen, the feeling that whatever happens, it's okay... you're either free to play, or you're not.

What have the Romans ever done for us?

All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?

You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.

Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.

Come to me. I want to plow you like a Calgary driveway at Christmas.

A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people.

If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?

Creativity is not the possession of some special talent. It’s about the willingness to play.

When you're being stalked by an angry mob with raspberries, the first thing to do is to release a tiger.

We can build upon foundations anywhere if they are well and truly laid.

The real tight interface is between the book and the reader-the world of the book is plugged right into your brain, never mind the [virtual reality] bodysuit.

You always want an album to sound like its own little planet.

The love to Wisdom is getting closer to the own bright path.

There is no right government except good government.

Talent is like a faucet, while it is open, one must write.

When folks git ole en strucken wid de palsy, dey mus' speck ter be laff'd at.

Sherrod Brown and President Obama have lost the faith of Jewish Democrats.

Everything is divisible. And so is this colossus of U.S. imperialism. It can be split up and defeated.

Seeing is in some respect an art, which must be learnt.