Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.