Once every hundred years, the Los Angeles smog rolls away for a single night, leaving the air as clean as interstellar space. That way the gods can see if Los Angeles is still there. If it is, they roll the smog back so they won't have to look at it.

In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.

Never tell a computer to forget it.

The Product of Freedom and Security is a constant (F X S = k). Giving up freedom for security is beginning to look naive.

Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.

Fear is the brother of hate.

If one must explain a magic trick, one should do so after the show is over.