Only the half-mad are wholly alive.

The basic science is not physics or mathematics but biology -- the study of life. We must learn to think both logically and bio-logically.

Terrorism: deadly violence against humans and other living things, usually conducted by government against its own people.

To the question: Wilderness, who needs it? Doc would say: Because we like the taste of freedom, comrades. Because we like the smell of danger. But, thought Hayduke, what about the smell of fear, Dad?

All forms of government are pernicious, including good government.

Proust again: One can only wish that a man with such powers of total recall had led a less tedious life, moved among somewhat livelier circles.

Appearance versus reality? Appearance is reality, God damn it!