There are lies, damned lies and statistics.

The source of all humor is not laughter, but sorrow.

Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent.

Most people can't bear to sit in church for an hour on Sundays. How are they supposed to live somewhere very similar to it for eternity?

There are lies, damned lies and statistics.

Information appears to stew out of me naturally, like the precious otter of roses out of the otter.

Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living.