If I were a younger man, I would write a history of human stupidity; and I would climb to the top of Mount McCabe and lie down on my back with my history for a pillow; and I would take from the ground some of the blue-white poison that makes statues of men; and I would make a statue of myself, lying on my back, grinning horribly, and thumbing my nose at You Know Who.

Every passing hour brings the Solar System forty three thousand miles closer to Globular Cluster M13 in Hercules — and still there are some misfits who insist that there is no such thing as progress.

Just because you can read, write and do a little math, doesn't mean that you're entitled to conquer the universe.

My ancient history teacher, Millie Lloyd, should have worn a medal for her performance at the battle of Thermopylae. She was excited and we were excited.

the late twentieth century will go down in history, i'm sure, as an era of pharmaceutical buffoonery.

Generally speaking, espionage offers each spy an opportunity to go crazy in a way he finds irresistible.

The death of a library, any library, suggests that the community has lost its soul.