He isn't stupid, but his interests are so narrow I doubt I could slip a sheet of paper in between them

If there are going to be people out there making war on other people, don't you think it's a good idea for some of those people to at least follow a code of ethics? Not 'honor' but something you can pin down and be sure of, something with the same rules for everybody.

Fanatics can justify practically any atrocity to themselves. The more untenable their position becomes, the harder they hold to it, and the worse the things they are willing to do to support it.

Of three things be wary- of a feather on a cat, The shepherd eating mutton, And a guardsman that is fat.

Getting angry over something that won't change is like seeing what happens if you hit your hand with a hammer over and over again, and being surprised each time when it hurts. So you might as well stop doing it.

Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.

Three things never anger or you'll not live for long; A wolf with cubs, A man with power, And a woman's sense of wrong.