What hunger is in relation to food zest is in relation to life.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly god, and they would be kindly in any case.

Husbands are the leftovers of a stew called love –she thought—, and with hair on their faces.

You don't have to eat the entire turd to know that it's not a crab cake.

Behavior speaks... When you need money, the church tells you to pray. When the church needs money, they pass around a basket.

A face on him as long as a hare's back leg.

This is a sport where you get your ego checked on a regular basis, whether it's in the cage or it's at practice.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

What I really need is a woman who loves me for my money but doesn't understand math.

I love all history because it’s storytelling. But, I will always have a special place in my heart for the Tudor dynasty.

I always wanted to win the Super Bowl so I could take it and hold it and see what lies beyond it. I think it may be the sun.

How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races?