Synaptic summation is the technical term used in neurophysiology for those instances in which some neuron C is fired only by a combination of neurons A and B.

The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.

The meaning of your communication is the response you get.

But epistemology is always and inevitably personal. The point of the probe is always in the heart of the explorer: What is my answer to the question of the nature of knowing?

We can never be quite clear whether we are referring to the world as it is or to the world as we see it.

Yes, metaphor. That's how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive.

The creature that wins against its environment destroys itself.

Information is a difference that makes a difference.

What is the pattern that connects the crab to the lobster and the primrose to the orchid, and all of them to me, and me to you?

If a man achieves or suffers change in premises which are deeply embedded in his mind, he will surely find that the results of that change will ramify throughout his whole universe.

Without context words and actions have no meaning at all

The secret of happiness lies in the lifestyle of a child who lives in present

The compact between writing and walking is almost as old as literature -- a walk is only a step away from a story, and every path tells.

For a while I had somebody that came to clean my house that turned out to be in a band that I really loved.

I have a level of fear going into every project, and that's what keeps me going.

Those in blue suits who use thinly veiled race symbols -- when they say welfare and crime and three strikes and anti- affirmative action -- they are sending messages more profound their language.

There are some women that don't do it for some men. That's why they turn out so many models.

My main ambition in life is to be on the Devil's most wanted list.

We cannot tax the same people we expect to create jobs. That is a recipe for keeping people out of work.

The only philosophy is that of language, the only religion is that of the word.

That's the essence of songcraft: making something everyone can understand yet it still sounds new.