We must live in groups; other people are like nutrients for us, and are absolutely essential for our survival.

A man may not always be what he appears to be, but what he appears to be is always a significant part of what he is.

I not only think that we will tamper with Mother Nature, I think Mother wants us to.

Feeling good and feeling bad are not necessarily opposites. Both at least involve feelings. Any feeling is a reminder of life. The worst 'feeling' evidently is non-feeling.

Life is to be enjoyed, not simply endured. Pleasure and goodness and joy support the pursuit of survival.

The larger office, the corner space, the extra window are the teddy bears and tricycles of adult office life

Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some of the most refined and elegant qualities of human potential.

Jealousy, which serves the struggle for survival, can deteriorate into the envy which draws defeat even from victory.

We are what we seem to be.

Man, the most complicated of the animals, has a relatively short gestation period. Beyond that, he will be born, unlike most mammals, in a ridiculously helpless state.

Once a good model gets inside you, it can inform and guide you throughout a lifetime.

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Haven't you ever happened to come across in a book some vague notion that you've had, some obscure idea that returns from afar and that seems to express completely your most subtle feelings?

How many senators have taken their conception of what America can do from what they’ve seen on the American movie screen?

I'm a pretty funny guy, and I would love to do a comedy with a bunch of funny guys - movie-star guys, where they could help me through it.

My imagination requires a judicious rein; I am afraid to let it loose, for it carries me sometimes into appalling places beyond the stars and beneath the world.

Since the turn of the 20th century, members of the Jewish community in Upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia have been meeting together to celebrate and worship.

Our two major parties are actually called the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party.

Honesty is something you can't wear out.

When liberty exceeds intelligence, it begets chaos, which begets dictatorship.