You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

I love Amsterdam. The city is vibrant and alive. It's fresh and so open. It's definitely one of my favorite places.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

I have no interest in understanding sheep, only eating them.

The problem with religion, because it's been sheltered from criticism, is that it allows people to believe en masse what only idiots or lunatics could believe in isolation.

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

And be grateful. Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real.

Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn't care to, or he doesn't exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary. Take your pick, and choose wisely.

That’s the way life is sometimes: you can fix things up, but you can’t make them all better.

Oh no." I said panic rising in my chest. "No, no, no, Somebody get a can opener. I've got a god in my head!!

When you judge others, you do not define them, you define yourself

I beseech you in the bowels of Christ think it possible you may be mistaken.

Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.

You can buy a good pasta but when you cook it yourself it has another feeling.

A civilized society must count animals as worthy of moral consideration and ethical treatment. The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?

If pigs could fly, yes, of course I would vote for the Democratic Party, but pigs don't fly.

It is much easier to be flexible about where a story begins than it ever was for me to change my mind about where and how a story ended.

marriages do not take root in the presence of witnesses but only in the consciousness of the persons involved.