Writing on the wall: Will trade three blind crabs for two with no teeth.

One must be reasonable in one's demands on life. For myself, all that I ask is: (1) accurate information; (2) coherent knowledge; (3) deep understanding; (4) infinite loving wisdom; (5) no more kidney stones, please.

The death penalty would be even more effective, as a deterrent, if we executed a few innocent people more often.

In writing, fidelity to fact leads eventually to the poetry of truth.

A shelf of classics for our young adults: Tolkien, Hesse, Casteneda, Kerouac, Salinger, Tom Robbins, and _The Last Whole Earth Catalog_.

When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble.

Wealth should come like manna from heaven, unearned and uncalled for. Money should be like grace -- a gift. It is not worth sweating and scheming for.