There is nothing scarier than a mediocre man with a mission..

Girls were nice to me in the same way that they would be nice to a hamster. I fantasized about wild encounters with females but knew they'd never hap….

It depends on your specific conception of God, because belief can equally well leave you with this constant sense that you're coming up short and you….

Uncertainty is inevitable at the frontiers of knowledge..

Coffee is one of the special things I have, instead of a social life..

Lobbyists know that a 0 percent tax rate on capital income is not, in fact, the lowest possible rate. There can be negative tax rates. There can be s….

You might declare that global warming and energy insecurity, not to mention urban sprawl and pollution, have intensified the sin of indulging one's m….

Right-thinking people are not supposed to discuss any meteorological or geophysical event - a hurricane, a wildfire, a heat wave, a drought, a flood,….

Most geniuses are just talented people who get up really early in the morning..

The Enron scandal calls into question the integrity of the entire capitalist system, which previously we assumed was based on honest, straightforward….

Never has good weather felt so bad. Never have flowers inspired so much fear. Never has the warm caress of a sunbeam seemed so ominous. The weather i….

Characters last. Beautiful writing lasts. A compelling narrative lasts. Art survives long after ideas go extinct..