Men need rule books. Women want men to intuit what they want. And only about 2% of men can do that, and most of them are not heterosexual.

The vast majority of those who are famous are not significant and the vast majority of those who are significant are not famous.

From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capable of causing parents unhappiness than bringing them happiness. That is one reason parents who rely on their children for happiness make both their children and themselves miserable.

There is something about liberalism that is not nearly as true about conservatism. The further left one goes, the more one finds that the ideology provides moral cover for a life that is not moral. While many people left of center lead fine personal lives, many do not.

Each of us owes it to our spouse, our children, our friends, to be as happy as we can be. And if you don't believe me, ask a child what it's like to grow up with an unhappy parent, or ask parents what they suffer if they have an unhappy child.

When you don't believe in anything except not dying, you don't really believe in anything.

"I am bored" generally means "I am boring."