“Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrationalthings in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is theprinciple behind lotteries, dating, and religion.”

“Free will is an illusion. Humans are nothing but moist robots.”

“Conversation is more than the sum of the words. It isalso a way of signaling the importance of another person byshowing your willingness to give that person your rarestresource: time. It is a way of conveying respect. Conversationreminds us that we are part of a greater whole, connected insome way that transcends duty or bloodline or commerce.Conversation can be many things, but it can never be useless.”

“Women define themselves by their relationships and men define themselves by whom they are helping. Women believe value is created by sacrifice. If you are willing to give up your favorite activities to be with her, she will trust you. If being with her is too easy for you, she will not trust you.”

“The best any human can do is to pick a delusion thathelps him get through the day”

“Dogbert to Dilbert"My invention can detect human stupidity. It has a very simple interface. All I do is point it at people." "Then what does it do?" "Why would it need to do anything else?”

“It is a human tendency tobecome what you attack.”