What brothers say to tease their sisters has nothing to do with what they really think of them.

Aphrodite had the beauty; Zeus had the thunderbolts. Everyone loved Aphrodite, but everyone listened to Zeus.

If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat.

The world is full of marvels, if you're willing to travel far enough to see them.

History is gossip that's been legitimized, and that's really the case when you get into some of the Roman historians. Wow! They'd be right at home on reality tv.

Captures the reader with true magic.

Some men were nothing but overgrown boys who never got over the "fun" of teasing girls, just to get noticed

It's not enough to be born free; I have to live my freedom!

They memorize everything and learn... nothing.

The truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger.

People give up the earth for beauty.

As humans dominate the world, then logically someone dominates the entire universe and that ‘someone’ is God!

Darkness does not leave without the light to chase it away. You need to have spiritual strength to pull you through the rough times.

People learn at the rate they are going to learn.

Wilderness is harder and harder to find these days on this beautiful planet, and we're abusing our planet to the point of almost no return.

I'll know America is in bad shape when Cubans in Miami get in the water and swim back to Cuba.

I don’t believe in an art that is not born out of man’s need to open his heart.

Celibacy and suicide are a similar levels of understanding, suicide and a martyr's death not so by any means, perhaps marriage and a martyr's death.

I ended up gettin a little Gibson amp and a bass, because of Gene Simmons of Kiss. Myself and three other kids would pretend to be Kiss - I liked Gene the best.

Chance is a name for our ignorance.

I am never five minutes into stripping the clutter from my life before I start running into the clutter that is my life.