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.
Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith.
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...
My only regret involved the sad knowledge that I could not handle the amount of alcohol I would have enjoyed. Easy is the descent into Hell.
Long human words (the longer the better) were easy, unmistakable, and rarely changed their meanings . . . but short words were slippery, unpredictable, changing their meanings without any pattern.
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 comes from exercising care in the choice of parents.
If you load a mud foot down with a lot of gadgets that he has to watch, somebody a lot more simply equipped—say with a stone ax—will sneak up and bash his head in while he is trying to read a vernier.
If tempted by something that feels altruistic, examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do it, wallow in it!
I hope he’s just a scoundrel . . . because a saint can stir up ten times as much mischief as a scoundrel.
I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
Hit it! You have to hit it harder than that. Electrons are timid little things but notional; you have to let them know who’s boss.
Harshaw was working as hard as he ever worked. Most of his mind was occupied with watching pretty girls do pretty things with sun and water;
From somewhere, back in my youth, heard Prof say, ‘Manuel, when faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you do understand, then look at it again.
First is our unbreakable rule that every candidate must be a trained trooper, blooded under fire, a veteran of combat drops. No other army in history has stuck to this rule, although some came close....
Expertise in one field does not carry over into other fields. But experts often think so. The narrower their field of knowledge the more likely they are to think so.
Duke, almost the only human characteristic Mike seems to possess is an overwhelming desire to be liked.
Correct or not, he felt himself to be a useless pensioner, an impotent object of charity.