The discovery of life on Mars is something that, politically, they haven’t figured out yet.
The best things in life are beyond money; their price is agony and sweat and devotion
The Colorado River was at a record low and the towers in Lake Mead stood high out of the water. But the Angelenos committed communal suicide by watering lawns as usual.
That’s a subject as safe as being in favor of Christmas.
Terra had climbed well beyond that which its
Still rarer is the man who thinks habitually, who applies reason, rather than habit pattern, to all his activity. Unless he masques himself, his is a dangerous life; he is regarded as queer, untrustwo...
Son, quite aside from my own conditioned reflex against munching a roast haunch of—well, you, for example—quite aside from that trained-in emotional prejudice, for coldly practical reasons I regard ou...
Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other sins are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not sinful -- just stupid.)
Revolution is an art that I pursue rather than a goal I expect to achieve. Nor is this a source of dismay; a lost cause can be as spiritually satisfying as a victory.
Random chance was not a sufficient explanation of the Universe---in fact, random chance was not sufficient to explain random chance; the pot could not hold itself.
Private,' he said firmly. 'Family matter. Go have a drink.''Whose family?''A death in yours, if you insist.
People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt.
One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast.
My point is that one person is responsible, Always. If H-bombs exist--and they do--some man controls them. In terms of morals there is no such thing as 'state'. Just men. Individuals. Each responsible...
Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.
Men are always for hire who like dirty work.
Matt, you are suffering from a disease of youth—you expect moral problems to have nice, neat, black-and-white answers.
Like every living thing its prime characteristic is a blind, unreasoned instinct to survive.
It's a shock to have it proved to you that you can't resist seducing yourself.
It took you long enough to answer your phone. It’s my phone, Mr. Secretary. Sometimes I don’t answer it at all.