It's fragile what we know. It's gone every time we forget. Then someone has to learn it all over again.

Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.

Habits begin to form at the very first repetition. After that there is a tropism toward repetition, for the patterns involved are defenses , bulwarks against time and despair.

In a capitalist world, the word capital has taken on more and more uses. . . . human capital, for instance, which is what labor accumulates through education and work experience. Human capital differs from the classic kind in that you can't inherit it, and it can only be rented, not bought or sold.

You can't get any movement larger than five people without including at least one flippin idiot.

It's fragile what we know. It's gone every time we forget. Then someone has to learn it all over again.

The distinguishing mark of true adventures, is that it is often no fun at all while they are actually happening.