Is there a God? Who knows? Is there an angry unicorn on the dark side of the moon?

We are kindred all of us, killer and victim, predator and prey, me and the sly coyote, the soaring buzzard, the elegant gopher snake, and trembling cottontail, the foul worms that feed on our entrails; all of them, all of us. Long live diversity, long live the earth!

God bless America. Let's try to save some of it.

Government: If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will be shot dead. These procedures are known as the Rule of Law.

America My Country: last nation on earth to abolish human slavery; first of all nations to drop the nuclear bomb on our fellow human beings.

To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.

There are only two kinds of books -- good books and the others. The good are winnowed from the bad through the democracy of time.