His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -atman, however, and called himself Sam. He never claimed to be a god, but then he never claimed not to be a god.

When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at all.

While I had often said that I wanted to die in bed, what I really meant was that in my old age I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love.

If a building is falling on you, you don't concern yourself with the horn of an approaching car. You deal with the most immediate peril first. That's survival.

When inspiration is silent reason tires quickly.

Do you work for the government, any government?” "I pay taxes, which means I work for the government, part of the time. Yes.

There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities.