Don't bother explaining--I've heard all the excuses and the trouble is most of them are true.

It's common platitude that knowledge is neutral but every now and then it would be useful if it were on your side and not theirs.

to travel faster than a speeding bullet is not much help if you and it are heading straight towards each other

There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is new, and therefore better.

After all, the rich get richer and the poor get children. Which is okay so long as lots of them starve in infancy.

What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree.

To go faster you must slow down.