There was an omnipresent sense of crisis.

Better freedom and a chilly road than a warm hearth and servitude.

The result is ... that there's no room left in the world for the weird – though plenty for crude, contemptuous, wisecracking, fun-poking imitations of it.

I abominate any organization that denies cats are people!

Then time seemed to stop, or rather to lose its directional urgency of movement; it became a place in the open where one stood rather than a low, narrow corridor down which one was hurried.

Of course, if you assume a big enough conspiracy, you can explain anything, including the cosmos itself.

There are vampires and vampires, and not all of them suck blood.

What was life worth, anyway, if you had to sit around remembering not to mention this, that, and the other thing because someone else might be upset?

The gods spend the wealth the universe gathers, they scan the wonders and fling them to nothingness. That's why they're the gods! I told you they were devils.

There was always something new to be seen in the unchanging night sky.

Nations are as equal as so many madmen or drunkards.

There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.

Do not presume that richness or poorness will bring you happiness.

In a lot of ways that poor little potato' – Evan pointed directly at Jade’s French fries – 'symbolizes the reckless consumerism that plagues America.

Cell phones, mobile e-mail, and all the other cool and slick gadgets can cause massive losses in our creative output and overall productivity.

Because love has been so perverted, it has in many cases come to involve a measure of hatred.

The Bible does not profess to make men omniscient, but simply to tell them enough to make them happy and good, if they will believe it and live up to it.

It is right, therefore, that we not just be called Christians, but that we actually be Christians.

Growing hemp as nature designed it is vital to our urgent need to reduce greenhouse gases and ensure the survival of our planet.

You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.

Sports plays a societal role in engendering jingoist and chauvinist attitudes. They're designed to organize a community to be committed to their gladiators.