... a result once generally accepted by mathematicians is seldom retracted, and then only with great pangs. The Nature of Mathematics

Understanding a metaphor is like deciphering a code or unraveling a riddle.

Fine doesn't mean fine! The scale goes: great, good, okay, not okay, I hate you, fine.

...a metaphor that works in one society may seem preposterous in another.

No doubt metaphors are dangerous- and perhaps especially so in philosophy. But a prohibition against their use would be a willful and harmful restriction upon our powers of inquiry.

Try not to leave your work for someone else to do. If possible, carry the work of someone and add it to yours. That's a trait of leaders!

I like action films, not exclusively, but I like Samurai films. I like Westerns. Not so much war pictures, but a few. I like kinetic cinema.

Angels are men of a superior kind; Angels are men in lighter habit clad.

His letters ... have been like fine cold water when you are terribly thirsty.

A cockroach likely has no less brainpower than a butterfly, but we're quicker to deny it consciousness because it's a species we dislike.

It's not about one person doing one big thing ... It's about a lot of people doing small things that really make the difference.

Today I will run for pure, absolute joy!

The future holds little hope for any government where the present holds no hope for the people.

I believe I did what honor dictated and that belief sustains me, except for a slight desire to be dead which I'm sure will pass.

Digital music boils down the actual musical experience.