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“Our tools are extensions of our purposes, and so we find it natural to make metaphorical attributions of intentionality to them; but I take it no philosophical ice is cut by such examples”
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“I have an office in Argentina, I go there every day, so I work.”
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“It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fifty words used in correct context - no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.”
Source : Guenter Lewy (1996). “Why America Needs Religion: Secular Modernity and Its Discontents”, p.21, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
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“Conversations are like dances. Two people effortlessly move in step with one another, usually anticipating the other person's next move. If one of the dancers moves in an unexpected direction, the other typically adapts and builds on the new approach. As with dancing, it is often difficult to tell who is leading and who is following in that the two people are constantly affecting each other. And once the dance begins, it is almost impossible for one person to singly dictate the couple's movement.”
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“One thing I learned from meteorology is that being an actual science was no guarantee of exactness.”
Source : Source: www.minneapolisfed.org
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“I am proud of my connections to Carolina and pleased to know that some results from a lifetime of work on television, film, stage and recordings will have a permanent home in Chapel Hill.”
Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“I drink out of desperation. Life is too dreary to endure. The misery, loneliness, crampedness - they're heartbreaking.[...] What feelings do you suppose a man has when he realizes that he will never know happiness or glory as long as he lives? Hard work. All that amounts to is food for the wild beasts of hunger.”
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“We can't enchant the world, which makes its own magic; but we can enchant ourselves by paying deep attention”
Source : Diane Ackerman (2004). “An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain”, p.49, Simon and Schuster
