"Only God's Thoughts - or love - is actually real. So when we separate ourselves from that love, we're actually not thinking at all: we're hallucinating."

“I'm a lazy creature when I'm not acting.”

“Chemists do not usually stutter. It would be very awkward if they did, seeing that they have at times to get out such words as methylethylamylophenylium.”

Source : "The Norton History of Chemistry" by William H. Brock, W W Norton & Co Inc., (p xxvi), 1993.

“There are no other factors that cause me stress when I get inside the Octagon. I guess that's an advantage of getting older.”

“Animals are not resources or property with whom we can do what we please, their lives matter very much, and they should be firmly entrenched in our moral community. Accepting the notion of ‘animal guardian’ to replace ‘pet owner’ will go a long way towards making the lives of our companions much better and richer.”

“My mother was a very wise and strong person.”

“Alcohol causes a lot of problems, and then to solve these problems, you drink more.”

Source : "Gary Shteyngart's Rules for Vodka Drinking" by Ben Detrick, www.esquire.com. August 9, 2010.

“I’ve had so many knives stuck into me, when they hand me a flower I can’t quite make out what it is. It takes time.”

“Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory? Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty.”