To get anywhere, or even to live a long time, a man has to guess, and guess right, over and over again, without enough data for a logical answer..

And suddenly I knew I was people and could not stop laughing..

Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose m….

The worst that can possibly have happened to him is death and that we are all in for---if not this morning, then in days, or weeks, or years at most..

Coffee comes in five descending stages: Coffee, Java, Jamoke, Joe, and Carbon Remover..

Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense..

His older self had taught his younger self a language which the older self knew because the younger self, after being taught, grew up to be the older….

Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you….

Art is the process of evoking pity and terror, which is not abstract at all but very human. What the self-styled modern artists are doing is a sort o….

Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills..

I remembered a time when my grandmother had asked me to explain television to her - the guts, not the funny pictures. There are things which cannot b….

The extremely tiny fraction who think regularly, accurately, creatively, and without self-delusion - in the long run, these are the only people who c….

You live and learn. Or you don't live long..

A critic is a man who creates nothing and thereby feels qualified to judge the work of creative men. There is logic in this; he is unbiased, he hates….

Another ingredient in a happy marriage: Budget the luxuries first!.

Teaching causes people to go into situations from which they cannot escape, except by thinking. Do not handicap children by making their lives easy..

But I contend that the disgusting behavior of many of their alleged 'holy men' relieves us of any intellectual obligation to take the stuff seriously….

Hate always sells well, but for repeat trade and the long pull happiness is sounder merchandise..

Yes, Boss?' Dorcas, the last twenty or thirty years I've been a worthless, no-good parasite.' She yawned again. 'Everybody knows that.' Nevermind the….

Boats and ships are female because they are beautiful, lovable, expensive and unpredictable..

Avoid making irrevocable decisions while tired or hungry..