We are not getting rid of carriers any time soon. This is both because of their utility and also because of their role in Navy culture and in the defense-industrial complex. It is an academic debate.

All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering, the animals are our equals.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.

If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends, how can it entitle humans to exploit non-humans?

No small dabs of colour - you want plenty of paint to paint with.

Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything.

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise... Because this is how life is full of surprises.

In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they're the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought.

I do not judge, I only chronicle.

We are, quite literally, gambling with the future of our planet- for the sake of hamburgers

I speak to my childhood friends almost every day over the Internet.

Each person is a V.S.P. (a Very Special Person) because we are each created in the image of God.

Golf asks something of a man. It makes one loathe mediocrity. It seems to say, "If you are going to keep company with me, don't embarrass me.

Usually people who do bad things make good writers.I did a lot of bad things, which is why my novels are interesting.

If I'm a secure person, my online persona is going to be pretty similar to the person that I am. If I'm insecure, my online persona is probably very different from who I am in real life.

and i am a boy waiting-for the heat and fruitfulness of summer,waiting to see who will walk out of those woods for me. Waiting for my lovely summer girl

If only for the sake of elegance, I try to remain morally pure.

I find that the further I go back, the better things were, whether they happened or not.

I can’t on my own change the regime in South Africa or teach the Palestinians to learn to live with the Israelies, but I can start with me.

Half the game is 90% mental.