The figures looked more or less human. And they were engaged in religion. You could tell by the knives (it's not murder if you do it for a god).

My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them.

We have been so successful in the past century at the art of living longer and staying alive that we have forgotten how to die. Too often we learn the hard way. As soon as the baby boomers pass pensionable age, their lesson will be harsher still.

The brain works fast when it thinks it’s about to be cut in half.

The dwarfs can turn lead into gold... It reached the pointy ears of the dwarfs. -Can we? -Damned if I know. I can't. -Yeah, but if you could, you wouldn't say. I wouldn't say, if I could. -Can you? -No! -Ah-ha!

Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more.

I think," he said, "I think, if you want thousands, you have to fight for one.