If only I could get rid of the illusion of regarding the generation of vipers and toads as my equals, it would be a great help to me.

– Arthur Schopenhauer, on his own book sales (1819)

T-Rex in the garden of Eden? Adam and Eve would be running all the time, scared shitless.

– Christopher Moltisanti, The Sopranos, “The Fleshy Part of the Thigh” (2006)

Outro: Memphis Minnie and Kansas City Joe – “When the Levee Breaks”