We are happy when we have family, we are happy when we have friends and almost all the other things we think make us happy are actually just ways of getting more family and friends.

Hateful, blasphemous, prejudiced, vulgar, rude, or ignorant remarks are the music of a free society, and the relentless patter of idiots is how we know we're in one. When all the words in our public conversation are fair, good, and true, it's time to make a run for the fence.

People want to be happy, and all the other things they want are typically meant to be a means to that end.

People are happiest when they're trying to achieve goals that are difficult but not out of reach.

Humans react to danger when it is immediate, immoral, visible... Global warming does not press any of those buttons.

Arthritic toothless people who love orgasms are more likely to reproduce than are limber, toothy people who do not.

In short, if we adhere to the standard of perfection in all our endeavors, we are left with nothing but mathematics and the White Album.