What sets science and the law apart from religion is that nothing is expected to be taken on faith. We're encouraged to ask whether the evidence actually supports what we're being told - or what we grew up believing - and we're allowed to ask whether...
Margaret "Maggie" Pollitt: Did the storm cause any damage, Big Daddy? Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt: Which storm you talking about, the one on the outside or the hullabaloo I heard going on in here? Heard some mighty loud talking. What's the powwow abou...
Elwood P. Dowd: [talking about Harvey] Did I tell you he could stop clocks? Dr. Chumley: To what purpose. Elwood P. Dowd: Well, you've heard the expression; 'his face would stop a clock'. Dr. Chumley: Mm-hmm. Elwood P. Dowd: Well, Harvey can look at ...
Real Harvey: [the real Harvey Pekar introduces his on-screen character] OK. This guy here, he's our man, all grown up and going nowhere. Although he's a pretty scholarly cat, he never got much of a formal education. For the most part, he's lived in s...
Every heart, it have its own ache.
Shame is always easier to handle if you have someone to share it with.
Words can be said in bitterness and anger, and often there seems to be an element of truth in the nastiness. And words don't go away, they just echo around.
Why... is human desire so unsatisfying?
People are only what they think of themselves.
Simply put, I'm glad that manga as an expressive form is expanding.
When it comes to determining child custody, however, sexism is the rule.
The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom.
It is a mystery why any Americans would support the concept of the EU.
We take five, one-week vacations a year, and those dates are set in stone.
I avoid my neighbors - luckily, my building has two exits.
Bill Clinton is a classic, old-school Southern pragmatic Democrat.
There are plenty of Muslims who live faithfully in the United States.
It's easy to maintain your integrity when no one is offering to buy it out.
A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
I respectfully decline the invitation to join your hallucination.
I've always admired the kind of guy who moves into a place and restores it. Thanks to my efforts, the guy who moves into mine will have a chance to do just that.
