“To categorize some people as indigenous and others as alien, to argue about the identity of the first inhabitants of the subcontinent, and to try and sort out these categories for the remote past, is to attempt the impossible.”

“Categorizing is necessary for humans, but it becomes pathological when the category is seen as definitive, preventing people from considering the fuzziness of boundaries, let alone revising their categories.”

“That Mars is inhabited by beings of some sort or other we may consider as certain as it is uncertain what these beings may be.”

“They (the indigenous Fijian people) believe they (their demands for political power) are just and reasonable, given our history, racial division, present-day majority of Fijians, their ownership of the land and their indigenous identity.”

“[about "TV golfers" who try to help other people out]”

“With regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them.”

“[A class category is] a collection of classes, some of which are visible to other class categories, and others of which are hidden.”

“The international press are trying to create some sort of hysteria around ABBA that doesn't exist. They are trying to make a myth out of us.”

“I do not think much of ages. People are people. What does it matter how old or young they are? It is a category, and I do not like categories. It is a sort of pigeonhole or a label.”

“The more you try to be interested in other people, the more you find out about yourself.”