"I think you actually get a kick out of being disappointed and under-achieving, because it's easier, isn't it? Failure and unhappiness is easier because you can make a joke out of it."

"Seeing wildlife is like seeing celebrities, only better."

"The only thing you will ever be able to say in the so-called 'social' sciences is: 'some do, some don't."

"The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it."

"Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company."

"A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly."

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

"ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection."

"Does the same as the system call of that name. If you don't know what it does, don't worry about it."

"When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion."

"You want more constraints on you. You want to embrace constraints. Don't try to use resources to get them out of the way."

"I've often thought that the process of aging could be slowed down if it had to go through Congress."