They say that instead of cursing the darkness, one should light a candle. Nothing is mentioned, though, about cursing a lack of candles.

If a lobster didn't look like a sci-fi monster, people would be less able to drop him alive into boiling water.

As much as I love my family, I enjoy it when the house is empty, because then I know I'm truly alone, as we all are on the planet, after all. Every atom in us is originally from a star. And during my moments of aloneness, I'm most mindful of that; that I'm just another group of matter randomly but wonderfully arranged. That's when I feel my immortality.

When you think about it, attention-deficit order makes a lot of sense. In this country there isn't a lot worth paying attention to.

I put a dollar in one of those change machines. Nothing changed.

How come when it’s us, it’s an abortion, and when it’s a chicken, it’s an omelette?

So I do have this ambivalence. Obviously I'm against militaries, because of what militaries do. In many ways though, the air force was unmilitary-like. They dropped bombs on people, but...they had a golf course.