“Man and not nature initiates, but nature in large measure controls.”

“For the first time we can perceive something of the real proportion of features and events on the stage of the whole world, and may seek a formula which shall express certain aspects, at any rate, of geographical causation in universal history.”

“Knowledge is one. Its division into subjects is a concession to human weakness.”

“Thousands of cars and a million guitarsScreaming with power in the air!We've found the place where the decibels raceThis army of rock will be thereTo ram it downRam it down!Straight to the heart of this town.Ram it down.Ram it down.Razing the place to the ground,Ram it down!”

“Sure, it was your idea and your fly, but he caught the big fish. Remember, fairness is a human idea largely unknown in nature.”

“It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.”

“Man's nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols.”