Relationships are like Rome -- difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom ...
Boethius moved from considering history from the actor's point of view to a "timeless" eternal view. From the divine perspective, nothing is ever utterly lost, because all of life is possessed by God in the eternal now. Though time was gnawing away a...
Today I don't drive up to the world's religions and say yes I'd like a number 4 Buddhism with a side of Hindi, and two extra servings of New Age and a little bit of Islam sprinkled on top. And a number 11 Prosperity gospel from the desert menu. No, I...
A purpose derived from a false premise – that a deity has ordained submission to his will – cannot merit respect. The pursuit of Enlightenment-era goals — solving our world’s problems through rational discourse, rather than through religion a...
If your party serves the powerful and well-funded interests, and there's no limit to what you can spend, you have a permanent, structural advantage. We're averaging fifty-dollar checks in our campaign, and trying to ward off these seven- or eight-fig...
From the age of 13, I was attracted to physics and mathematics. My interest in these subjects derived mostly from popular science books that I read avidly. Early on I was fascinated by theoretical physics and determined to become a theoretical physic...
Though I didn't quite plan it that way, I had my two sons at just about the same ages my mother saw me and my sister off to college, and my first novel was published when I was 46. This 'tardiness' isn't something I'm proud of, but I'm happy to be an...
It's time for a new National Anthem. America is divided into two definite divisions. The easy thing to cop out with is sayin' black and white. You can see a black person. But now to get down to the nitty-gritty, it's getting' to be old and young - no...
Harris, as he occasionally explains to George and to myself, has daughters of his own, or, to speak more correctly, a daughter, who as the years progress will no doubt cease practising catherine wheels in the front garden , and will grow up into a be...
Alex: One thing I could never stand was to see a filthy, dirty old drunkie, howling away at the filthy songs of his fathers and going blurp blurp in between as it might be a filthy old orchestra in his stinking, rotten guts. I could never stand to se...
Major Strasser: We have a complete dossier on you: Richard Blaine, American, age 37. Cannot return to his country. The reason is a little vague. We also know what you did in Paris, Mr. Blaine, and also we know why you left Paris. [hands the dossier t...
Special Branch Detective: Hughes here, sir. Paul Oliver Duggan: born April the 3rd 1929 in Sambourne Fishley, applied for a passport on July the 14th of this year; passport mailed July the 17th to an address in Paddington. That'll probably turn out t...
Jep Gambardella: When I came to Rome at the age of 26, I fell pretty swiftly into what might be defined as the whirl of the high life, but I didn't just want to live the high life, i wanted to be the king of the high life. I didn't just want to atten...
Rob: It made sense to pool our collective loathing for the opposite sex, and while we were at it, you get to share a bed with somebody at the same time. We were frightened of being left alone for the rest of our lives. Only people of a certain dispos...
[first lines] Nameless: [voiceover] I was orphaned at a young age and was never given a name. People simply called me Nameless. With no family name to live up to, I devoted myself to the sword. I spent ten years perfecting unique skills as a swordsma...
Myra Fleener: A man your age comes to a place like this, either he's running away from something or he has nowhere else to go. Coach Norman Dale: What I'm doing here has *nothing* to do with you. Myra Fleener: Just stay away from Jimmy. I don't want ...
Sid: [about the baby] I bet he's hungry. Manny: How 'bout some milk? Sid: Ooh, I'd love some! Diego: Not you. The baby. Sid: Well, I ain't exactly lactating right now, pal. Diego: You're a little low on the food chain to be mouthing off, aren't you.....
[Sid's trying to use the baby to get attention from girls] Sid: I'm begging you. I need him. Manny: What, a good-looking guy like you? Sid: Aw, you say that, but you don't mean it. Manny: No, seriously, look at you. Aw, those ladies, they don't stand...
[Sid is drawing a sloth with chalk] Diego: What are you doing? Sid: I'm putting sloths on the map. Manfred: Why don't you make him more realistic and draw him lying down? Diego: And make him rounder. [Manfred draws a pot-belly on Sid's drawing] Diego...
Diego: Maybe we shouldn't do this. Sid: Why not? Diego: ...Because if we save him he'll grow up to be a hunter. And who do you think he'll hunt? Sid: Maybe because we saved him, he won't hunt us. Diego: Yeah, and maybe he'll grow fur, and a long, ski...
Manfred: Sid, the tiger found a shortcut. [Sid looks up at the mountain they will have to climb] Sid: No thanks, I choose life. Diego: [glaring at him where he stands so Sid almost runs into him when turning] Then I suggest you take the shortcut. Sid...
