"Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose."

"The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be."

"Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom."

"When we were scared about 9/11, we federalized the airport security, we spent millions for body armor for dogs in Ohio. All that over-reaction comes from fear and government - bad combination."

"Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labour, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television."

"I have long said there are three distinct groups under the GOP's tent: theological warriors, who want to impose their social views on the rest of society Tea Party zealots, who say with a straight face that they want the government to get out of their Medicare and remnants of the pro-business moderates."

"All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting."

"This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who can put you away if your husband doesn't like you."