Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers.

Homosexuality, like androgyny, might be an instinctive racial response to overpopulation, crowding, and stress. Both flourish when empire reaches its apogee.

I was once invited to take part in a heroic, possibly fatal enterprise, but I declined, mainly on account of sloth.

We spend more time working for our labor-saving machines than they do working for us.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Appearance versus reality? Appearance is reality, God damn it!

Be a half-assed crusader, a part-time fanatic. Don't worry to much about the fate of the world. Saving the world is only a hobby. Get out there and enjoy the world, your girlfriend, your boyfriend, husbands wives; climb mountains, run rivers, get drunk, do whatever you want to do while you can, before it's too late.