"Extinction catches Man by surprise because no one can even imagine that such a catastrophe can happen to an intelligent species."

“It is still summer, but the summer is no longer alive. It has come to a standstill; nothing withers, and fall is not ready to begin. There are no stars yet, just darkness.”

“I was too practical to major in theater. Acting - what was I going to do with acting? There was no future in it.”

“We were creating a world where the smartest way to survive is to be bland.”

Source : Jon Ronson (2015). “So You've Been Publicly Shamed”, p.136, Pan Macmillan

“I basically - I don't like tattoos, unless you're a firefighter who has a tattoo that has to do with that or a military guy. That's - those are people who should have tattoos.”

“We want a revival to come just in our way. You never saw two revivals come just alike. We must let them come in God's way. People are ashamed to admit they need a revival.”

“I want to make a poem of my life.”

“Even if torture works, it cannot be tolerated -- not in one case or a thousand or a million. If their efficacy becomes the measure of abhorrent acts, all sorts of unspeakable crimes somehow become acceptable. I may have found myself on the wrong side of government on torture. But I'm on the right side of history. There are things we should not do, even in the name of national security. One of them, I now firmly believe, is torture.”

“Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.”