If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.

Did you ever look at your watch, and you look away... and you don't know what time it is?

I'm certainly a skeptic. I always quibble with people.

'I am' is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that 'I do' is the longest sentence?

If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten.

That's basically what the drive is: "I want to be famous, I want to be noticed, and I want to be approved of." That's basically what you're after. "Give me attention, give me applause, give me an audience. A. A. A. Straight As." That's all you're looking for.

Running isn't a sport because anyone can do it. Anything we can all do can't be a sport. I can run, you can run. My mother can run, you don't see her on the cover of Sports Illustrated do you?