Among human beings, a cat is merely a cat; among cats, a cat is a prowling shadow in a jungle.

My dear Miss Glory, Robots are not people. They are mechanically more perfect than we are, they have an astounding intellectual capacity, but they have no soul.

Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.

A guy wanted the vet to cut his dog's tail off. The vet asked why. Well, my mother in law is visiting next month and I want to eliminate any possible indication that she is welcome.

Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end...

One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.

It suddenly occurred to me that every move on the chessboard is old and has been played by somebody at some time. Maybe our own history has been played out by somebody at some time, and we just move our pieces about in the same moves to strike in the same way as people have always done.