"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary..." - Quote by Mark Twain

“My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.”

“The physician who knows only medicine, knows not even medicine.”

“Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak.”

“Civilization is the intelligent management of human emotions.”

“We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.”

“But the nomads were the terror of all those whom the soil or the advantages of the market had induced to build towns. Agriculture therefore was a religious injunction, because of the perils of the state from nomadism.”

“You know, you keep on innovating, you keep on making better stuff. And if you always want the latest and greatest, then you have to buy a new iPod at least once a year.”

“I hate turkeys. If you stand in the meat section at the grocery store long enough, you start to get mad at turkeys. There's turkey ham, turkey bologna, turkey pastrami. Some one needs to tell the turkey, 'man, just be yourself.'”

“At the end of the day, the question to ask yourself is this: do your expenses, big and small, bring you the thrill they once did?”