But, inevitably, as he [Kierkegaard] approaches what we might call his Christocentric climax many readers drop off. Many scholars just leave that part of his authorship alone.

The complacent the self-indulgent the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history.

All science is either physics or stamp collecting.

Writing seems to be the only profession people imagine you can do by thinking about doing it.

Personality is and does something...It is what lies behind specific acts and within the individual

If your life is going to be dictated by what's comfortable, your life will stink.

I know of people who don't believe it, but depression is an illness, but unlike, say, a broken leg, you don't know when it'll get better.

What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead.

I come from a family of cops, and all of them share that understanding that they put their lives on the line.

Sometimes the song title comes with the songs, other times you just sorta make something up afterwards.