It is unnatural in a large field to have only one shaft of wheat, and in the infinite Universe only one living world.

To consider the Earth as the only populated world in infinite space is as absurd as to assert that in an entire field of millet, only one grain will grow.

None of us knows anything, not even whether we know or do not know, nor do we know whether not knowing and knowing exist, nor in general whether there is anything or not.

A single ear of corn in a large field is as strange as a single world in infinite space.

This was like watching murder. Defilement. And it was something worse than either of those things. Even among his family, black trade as they were, books were holy things.

Once you get to a certain level, anybody can beat anybody else on any given day.

There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow.

The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you.

People who don't believe in God may have their own way of justifying some bad act they have committed.

And the quality of good judgement is clearly a form of knowledge and skill, as it is because of knowledge and not because of ignorance that we judge well.

No matter how much people in fashion think we're so cool and avant-garde, for most fashion people, creativity is quite taboo.

A good nail does not fear being hammered.

Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise.

Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.