We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.

Art is a lie which tells us the truth.

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

Pencils have erasers because people make mistakes.

First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out, because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out, because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out, because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me and by then there was no one left to speak out for me.

I can resist everything except temptation.

There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it.