You don't run out on people; you run out on yourself.
Leibniz never married; he had considered it at the age of fifty; but the person he had in mind asked for time to reflect. This gave Leibniz time to reflect, too, and so he never married.
Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will kill her husband; a Spaniard will kill both; and a German will kill herself.
Behold a universe so immense that I am lost in it. I no longer know where I am. I am just nothing at all. Our world is terrifying in its insignificance.
To be happy, one must have a good stomach and a bad heart.
A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place.
An educated mind is, as it were, composed of all the minds of preceding ages.
I think I've gotten more attention after the Olympics than any other U. S. athlete, and it's really great that people are recognizing who I am and what I do. You look at Shaq and you see a basketball player. You look at Tiger Woods and you see a golfer. But people are responding to who I am.
People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory.
I was, like, forty at birth. When I wasn't even a year old, I spoke, I was potty trained, I walked and talked. That was it. Then I started school and drove everybody crazy because they realized I had popped out as an adult. I had adult questions and wanted adult answers.
For me, what's wonderful for me at this stage of my life is that I get to work with people I've admired for a long time.