«I do, yes, I do. Sick have I become. Old and weak. When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good you will not. Hmm?»

«Our egos tells us we're the only ones that have any kind of feelings. We're the only ones with a relationship. We're the only ones with family. You know, I think that if you kill a spider, there is a relationship that you're ruining. There's a conversation going on outside with the other spiders. 'Did you hear about Chris?....Killed yeah....Sneaker. And now Stephanie has nine hundred babies to raise all alone. Well, she's got her legs full I'll tell you that right now. Chris was so kind, wouldn't hurt a fly. It's just been tough for them lately. They just lost their web last week. Those humans think they're so smart. Let them try shooting silk out of their butt and see what they can make.'»

«And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: / And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: / And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.»

«And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: / And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.»

«And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth: / And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: / And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.»

«And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: / And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: / And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.»

«SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety-nine. For every sauce invented and accepted a vice is renounced and forgiven.»

«And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: / And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: / And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.»

«And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.»

«Ninety-nine hundredths or, possibly, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousandths of our activity is purely automatic and habitual, from our rising in the morning to our lying down each night.»