With gorilla gone, will there be hope for man?

The premise of the Taker story is 'the world belongs to man'. … The premise of the Leaver story is 'man belongs to the world'.

[A]ny species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its own expansion.

No one species shall make the life of the world its own.' … That's one expression of the law. Here's another: 'The world was not made for any one species.

You shouldn't have to settle for rabbits if what you want is deer

The obvious can sometimes be illuminating when perceived in an unhabitual way.

If the world was made for us, then it BELONGS to us and we can do what we damn well please with it.

The journey itself is going to change you, so you don’t have to worry about memorizing the route we took to accomplish that change.

And every time the Takers stamp out a Leaver culture, a wisdom ultimately tested since the birth of mankind disappears from the world beyond recall.

[N]ow we have a clearer idea what this story is all about: The world was made for man, and man was made to rule it.

This is precisely how someone speaks who imagines that he is the world's divinely appointed ruler: 'I will not LET them starve. I will not LET the drought come. I will not LET the river flood.

Growth is never by mere chance it is the result of forces working together.

I am a hopeless romantic, and so is my wife.

I'm dealing with my drinking problem and I have a reputation for getting things done.

We've imposed a hiring freeze on non-essential federal workers. We've imposed a temporary moratorium on new federal regulations.

Though old the thought and oft exprest, Tis his at last who says it best.

From that high mount of God whence light and shade Spring both, the face of brightest heaven had changed To grateful twilight.

I've never been convinced that the sun would come up without me barking.

Be confident. There is no one who is not attracted to confidence. Women dig it. Men love it. Confidence adds hair, drops ten pounds, and takes off ten years.

The ultimate condition of production is therefore the reproduction of the conditions of production

Human nature demands recognition. Without it, people lose their sense of purpose and become dissatisfied, restless, and unproductive.