People who need to bully you are the easiest to push around.

If they don’t keep exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.

I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.

Democracy is all about not electing the wrong man-eating lizard.

My capacity for happiness," he added, "you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first

He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.

The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate.