The doctrine of a soul that outlives the body is anything but righteous, because it necessarily devalues the lives we live on this earth.

Behavioral science is not for sissies.

Nothing invests life with more meaning than the realisation that every moment of sentience is a precious gift

They are distinct enough that our crude instruments can pick up the differences, yet both are healthy instances of that staggeringly improbable, exquisitely engineered system we call a human being.

Baths, she thought, were just like her relationships, all "ooh, ah" in the beginning and then suddenly, without warning, she had to get out, out, out!

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

You must learn to drink the cup of life as it comes ... without stirring it up from the bottom. That's where the bitter dregs are!

I know we can’t always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural – no epidural, no interventions.

It is a terrible thought, to contemplate that an immense number of mediocre thinkers are occupied with really influential matters.

Working together is success.

All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.

Life is like a moustache. It can be wonderful or terrible. But it always tickles.

True counselors of despair are those who hope against hope—and historical experience—that the government can and will act constructively.