“One of the conveniences in life is to have less children.”

“It will be seen that I look at the term species, as one arbitrarily given for the sake of convenience to a set of individuals closely resembling each other, and that it does not essentially differ from the term variety, which is given to less distinct and more fluctuating forms. The term variety, again, in comparison with mere individual differences, is also applied arbitrarily, and for mere convenience sake.”

“Each one writes history according to his convenience.”

“We are all old children, more or less serious, more or less filled with ourselves.”

“All my life I have, more of less consciously, sought an alternative way of life to his, one which is purer, one which is more intense and pays less regard to others, which is more exacting, which burns more dangerously, which gives one everything except a flabby happiness.”

“As the technology matures, it becomes less and less relevant. The technology is taken for granted. Now, new customers enter the marketplace, customers who are not captivated by technology, but who instead want reliability, convenience, no fuss or bother, and low cost.”

“The less of one's life one must exchange for money, the more freedom one may enjoy.”

“The garden of life never seems to confine itself to the plot philosophers have laid out for its convenience maybe a few more tractors would do the trick.”

“Do you have children? she asked.

No.

Why?

The man answered that one had to have faith in the world to have children.”

“Most mothers want more of dad in their children’s lives, not less.”