A city man is a home anywhere, for all big cities are much alike. But a country man has a place where he belongs, where he always returns, and where, when the time comes, he is willing to die.

Science transcends mere politics. As recent history demonstrates, scientists are as willing to work for a Tojo, a Hitler, or a Stalin as for the free nations of the West.

My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel.

It is not death or dying that is tragic, but rather to have existed without fully participating in life- that is the deepest personal tragedy.

The gurus come from the sickliest nation on earth to tell us how to live. And we pay them for it.

Congress is always willing to appropriate money for more and bigger paved roads, anywhere -- particularly if they form loops.

There is a fine art to making enemies and it requires diligent cultivation. It's not as easy as it looks.