There are some times...when the love for people is strong and warm like a sorrow.

For it is said that humans are never satisfied, that you give them one thing and they want something more. And this is said in disparagement, whereas it is one of the greatest talents the species has and one that has made it superior to animals that are satisfied with what they have.

..it's awful not to be loved. It's the worst thing in the world...It makes you mean, and violent, and cruel.

I have no choice of living or dying, you see, sir--but I do have a choice of how I do it. If I tell them not to fight, they will be sorry, but they will fight. If I tell them to fight, they will be glad, and I who am not a very brave man will have made them a little braver.

There is one sure thing about the fall of gods: they do not fall a little; they crash and shatter.

For it is my opinion that we enclose and celebrate the freaks of our nation and our civilization. Yellowstone National Park is no more representative of America than is Disneyland.

... a man is a very important thing-maybe more important than a star.