There is the odd exception, like Albert Einstein, but as a breed, scientists tend not be very good at presenting themselves.

Christmas tree stands are the work of the devil and they want you dead.

I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything.

For most of us the rules of English grammar are at best a dimly remembered thing. But even for those who make the rules, grammatical correctitude sometimes proves easier to urge than to achieve. Among the errors cited in this book are a number committed by some of the leading authorities of this century. If men such as Fowler and Bernstein and Quirk and Howard cannot always get their English right, is it reasonable to expect the rest of us to?

I wanted to quit and to do this forever, sleep in a bed and in a tent, see what was over the next hill and never see a hill again. All of this all at once, every moment, on the trail or off.

There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition. At a stroke, the American government closed down the fifth largest industry in the United States - alcohol production - and just handed it to criminals - a pretty remarkable thing to do.

There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age.