You will find it easiest to ride the avalanche in the direction it already travels.

The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard.

I have memories - but only a fool stores his past in the future.

Of course life is bizarre, the more bizarre it gets, the more interesting it is. The only way to approach it is to make yourself some popcorn and enjoy the show.

Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order.

Understanding the laws of nature does not mean that we are immune to their operations.

The jingling of a fat purse always commands the world.

True genius can be identified by the fact that its expression changes the world into something it has never been before.

Adolescence is that time in your life when you discover your ability to be depressed.

The human race never solves any of its problems, it only outlives them.

Study what you love, and youll never have to work a day in your life. Itll be one great adventure.

Sometimes the mistake I see people make is thinking that they're always going to be up, and I think that's impossible for anyone.

True initiation is a response to an inner calling; it requires that you face personal challenges heroically and experience a genuine rebirth into a new way of being.

Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.

Japanese maps tend to come in two varieties: small, schematic, and bewildering; and large, fantastically detailed, and bewildering.

The question is not whether you have a right to render people miserable, but whether it is not in your best interest to make them happy.

I am quite content to go down to posterity as a scissors and paste man for that seems to me a harsh but not unjust description

Florida was a living tomb, she used to tell anyone who'd listen, an old-age home in the shape of a state, God's little waiting room, as she was fond of quoting.

A girl expecting rescue never learns to save herself. Even with the means, she will find her courage wanting.

Energy never dies. It just transforms.

Wholeness invokes balance.