We can be selective, applying precisely the required amount of pressure at the specified point at a designated time—we’ve never been told to go down and kill or capture all left-handed redheads in a p...
To permit irresponsible authority is to sow disaster; to hold a man responsible for anything he does not control is to behave with blind idiocy.
Then I glanced at the ring on my finger.The Snake That Eats Its Own Tail, Forever and Ever. I know where I came from—but where did all you zombies come from?I felt a headache coming on, but a headache...
Pay it forward.
Nothing gives life more zest that running for your life.
Life is short, but the years are long.
If you turn out to be useful as well as ornamental, you can stay forever.
I don’t pay attention to politics. You should. It’s barely less important than your own heart beat. I don’t pay attention to that, either.
He's as weird as snake's suspenders but sweet as a stolen kiss, too.
Gratitude is a euphemism for resentment.
Fact was, little Carmen was so ornamental that you just never thought about her being useful.
Do you speak English? Certainly. And I understand American.
Daughters can spend ten percent more than a man can make in any usual occupation. That’s a law of nature, to be known henceforth as ‘Harshaw’s Law.
A magician is a rule-of-thumb engineer.
A desire not to butt into other people's business is at least eighty percent of all human 'wisdom'...and the other twenty percent isn't very important.
Well, I suppose it did.
The trouble with conspiracies is that they rot internally.
Terra had climbed well beyond that which its
She might get high enough to crash—no higher.
Oh, you have to charge 'em, Jubal. The marks won't pay attention if it's free.