History, human or geological, represents our hypothesis, couched in terms of past events, devised to explain our present-day observations.

It is hard to know which is the more remarkable- that it took 600 million years for the Earth to make its oil, or that it took 300 years to use it up.

Our ignorance is not so vast as our failure to use what we know.

Were we a rational society, a virtue of which we have rarely been accused, we would husband our oil and gas resources.

It is evident that the fortunes of the world's human population, for better or for worse, are inextricably interrelated with the use that is made of energy resources.

....her life would be a giddy crossword, working down from some clues and across from others.

Pessimism doesn’t change the reality

Conscious humility is the decision to live from our hearts.

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.

It makes me happy to encounter goodness, love of work, humane intelligence, and people no matter at what kind of job, be it ever so humble, or ever so exalted, who do it well and con amore.

The Pilgrims didn't have any experience when they landed here. Hell, if experience was that important, we'd never have anybody walking on the moon.

When East meets West, amazing design happens. L'Alahambra rug is a marriage of the clean line and simplicity of Western graphic design meets the complexity and beauty of Eastern pattern.

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science

And the Ring is so heavy, Sam. I begin to see it in my mind all the time, like a great wheel of fire.

The history of jazz for the last 45 years has come through the Monterey Jazz Festival stages. I think there's developed a legacy and an aura around the festival.