Theories come and go, but fundamental data always remains.

No amounts of stone and bone could yield the kinds of information that the paintings gave so freely.

I never felt interpretation was my job.

I go once a year to the Serengeti to see the wildebeest migrations because that means a lot to me, but I avoid Olduvai if I can because it is a ruin. It is most depressing.

I had never passed a single school exam, and clearly never would.

I'd rather be in a tent than in a house.

The first money I ever earned was for drawing stone tools.

Everything not forbidden by the laws of nature, he assured her - quoting a colleague down the hall - is mandatory.

That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.

I believe that doing movies like this is positive because they can inspire and be entertaining.

What I would say to the establishment is that there is far more discontent among the American people than they believe.

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.

Anything which retains interest is optimistic. When the characters become disinterested, it's pessimistic. Does that make sense?

It is not a matter of ends justifying means: but of the creation of new means and new ends.

In the end we're all Jerry Springer Show guests, really, we just haven't been on the show.

I wanted a T-shirt that says 'USA National Team'. It turned out to be a very smart decision.

It is easy to pity when once one's vanity has been tickled.