Beware of the man who has no enemies.

Are people more important than the grizzly bear? Only from the point of view of some people.

In the world of words, one of my best-loved tribes is the diatribe.

The world is what it is, no less and no more, and therein lies its entire and sufficient meaning.

Whatever we cannot easily understand we call God; this saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues.

Shakespeare wrote great poetry and preposterous plays. Who really cares, for example, which petty tyrant rules Milan? Or who succeeds to the throne of Denmark? Or why the barons ganged up on Richard II?

The hawk's cry is as sharp as its beak.