If two or more organs of the body are not squirting fluids, the story's no good!

The young, in their innocence, are often wise and capable of teaching the old.

What you have to learn is how to find the unworldly in everything.

The sum of evil, Pascal remarked, would be much diminished if men could only learn to sit quietly in their rooms.

Of her scorn the maid repented, And the shepherd - of his love.

I think that in the end, the people are not fooled by promotion. They want to know that something works and is right.

I've always wanted to figure out how to do a walking story. I'd never figured out how to do one and have it work or be interesting or have anything that it's about.

Philosophers ought to aspire to know lots of different things and to forge useful synthetic perspectives.

Surfing is all about uncertainty. That feeling of taking a risk, that leap of faith every time I jump into the ocean, that paddle out among things unseen — all of these make surfing very special

Stubbornness is a virtue if you are right.

Learn to be comfortable with the concept of infinity, and see yourself as an infinite being.