Many words and expressions which only a matter of decades ago were considered so distastefully explicit that, were they merely to be breathed in public, the perpetrator would be shunned, barred from polite society, and in extreme cases shot through the lungs, are now thought to be very healthy and proper, and their use in everyday speech and writing is evidence of a well-adjusted, relaxed and totally un****ed-up personality.

It's part of the shape of the Universe. I only have to talk to somebody and they begin to hate me.

What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

I find that writing is a constant battle with exactly the same problems you've always had.

Bypasses are devices that allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast while other people dash from point B to point A very fast.