Powers Hapgood had just come from court because there was some kind of dust-up on a picket line. The judge was so curious about him - coming from a rich family - why he would choose to live as he had. I guess you know what his answer was ..."The Sermon on the Mount, sir." That's important.

Wake up, you idiots! Whatever made you think that money was so valuable?

I do feel that evolution is being controlled by some sort of divine engineer. I can't help thinking that. And this engineer knows exactly what he or she is doing and why, and where evolution is headed. That's why we've got giraffes and hippopotami and the clap.

Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.

In real life as in grand opera, arias only make hopeless situations worse.

The system promotes to the top those who don't care about the planet.

Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.