We can never be quite clear whether we are referring to the world as it is or to the world as we see it.

The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.

The meaning of your communication is the response you get.

But epistemology is always and inevitably personal. The point of the probe is always in the heart of the explorer: What is my answer to the question of the nature of knowing?

Yes, metaphor. That's how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive.

The creature that wins against its environment destroys itself.

Information is a difference that makes a difference.

What is the pattern that connects the crab to the lobster and the primrose to the orchid, and all of them to me, and me to you?

If a man achieves or suffers change in premises which are deeply embedded in his mind, he will surely find that the results of that change will ramify throughout his whole universe.

Without context words and actions have no meaning at all

We are most of us governed by epistemologies that we know to be wrong

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.

Playing show after show is like my bread and butter.

The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.

I can only answer for Chuck Grassley; I can't answer for anybody else.

I know, but I do not approve. And I am not resigned.

If we tried To sink the past beneath our feet, be sure The future would not stand.

People have been unhappy for a long time about the two-party system.

Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.

I would say that God custom designed my weaknesses. I am not making God responsible for my sins.

We've proved a lot of people wrong so far but the job is not finished yet and if we come home from Istanbul empty handed then it would be a disaster.