“Of hunger and thirst, thirst is the greater imperative.”

“...the Greater Good and the Greater Profit are not compatible aims...”

“When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.”

“A zoo is a cultural institution. Like a public library, like a museum, it is at the service of popular education and science. And by that token, not much of a money-making venture for the Greater Good and the Greater Profit are not compatible aims.”

“Can there be any happiness greater than the happiness of salvation?”

“If there is a change, it is usually for the lesser rather than the greater; many people seem to lose God along life's way.”

“Why can't reason give greater answers? Why can we throw a question further than we can pull in an answer? Why such a vast net if there's so little fish to catch?”