Hegel used to say that the familiar, precisely because it is familiar, remains unknown. That’s why we don't know so much about stupidity.

I am a scholar of stupidity, so thanks for existing.

How can you fight stupidity effectively? The answer is simple: it’s not easy.

Publicity is the soul of stupidity, but we must not forget that we live in a stupid universe, so publicity is the engine of our world.

I learned from a very young age that if I persued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, like happiness.

Coachella is a festival fashion show where people dress up like hippies and pretend that Passion Pit is as good as the Rolling Stones.

She wants her cup of stars.

I'd rather dig my own grave than rot in the sun.

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.

I ask you...to adopt the principles proclaimed by yourselves, by your revolutionary fathers, and by the old bell in Independence Hall.

Sometimes I have a beard, sometimes I don't, and I'm not very good at maintaining it. I've got an agreement with my life coach and guru that I don't touch it from now on.

Carbon dioxide is natural. It is not harmful. It is part of Earth's life cycle...

Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker series also shows the potential of lighter fantastic fiction. I read the first, and listened to a tape of a later one, and it's fun.

A million words were going through my head and honestly I didn't say one of them. I wanted to let it sit, simmer, you know I wanted to soak it all in - the moment was amazing.