The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.

War is what happens when language fails.

If one of the arguments against eating meat is to do with cruelty and animal intelligence, then lab meat avoids that. There's also the environmental argument for it.

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.

I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.' It's that you cannot present as knowledge something that is not knowledge. You can present it as faith, you can present it as belief, but you can't present it as fact.

If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if they have to give up some personal freedom.

Gardening is not a rational act.

A word after a word after a word is power.

Every aspect of human technology has a dark side, including the bow and arrow.

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.