The will to label will always prevail over what's being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding

I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible.

I never understood alienation. Alienation from what? You have to want to be part of something in order to feel alienated from it.

I think when I was two years old in the sandbox. I think I formulated my basic philosophy there, and I haven't really had to alter it very much ever since

No, seriously, I really don't have much ill-will toward anyone these days; I just ignore the people that I dislike

I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum

People who consider themselves political, who follow political developments most rigorously, are often those who view the political process with the greatest lack of perspective.

Embrace nature's brutal perfection.

I think I feel automatically at home in Italy

I have never made any secret of any of my thoughts or areas of interest. I've always been honest, open, and upfront

I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself

It is scarcely the same thing to put a man on the Moon as to put a bone in your nose.

Why should we leave it to Harper & Brothers and Redding & Co. to select our reading?

In short, ISIS is composed of religiously motivated psychopaths.

I want to fight for the side that fights for the living. Did I come to the right place?

Jack's [Ma Yun ] theory is that whoever controls data controls the world.

Canada will also look into their policies to avoid a repeat. They will go after their exporter.

I looked back at some of my earlier published stories with genuine horror and remorse. I got thinking, How many extant copies might there be, who owns them, and do they keep their doors locked?

Music reflects on who you are as a person.

There is no limit to the noble aspirations which the words "my country" may evoke.

We hoped to land a wild cat that would tear out the bowels of the Boche. Instead we have stranded a vast whale with its tail flopping about in the water.