All human behavior has a reason. All behavior is solving a problem.

I was certain that some people, whether by accident of birth or some pecularity of training, could tune in to another source of information and could know things about people we didn't think were possible to know.

The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda.

Sometimes women scare the hell out of me.

Scientific research was much like prospecting: you went out and you hunted, armed with your maps and instruments, but in the ened your preparations did not matter, or even your intuition. You needed your luck, and whatever benefits accrued to the diligent, through sheer, grinding hard work.

You can't get decent Mexican food in DC.

The system didn't screw you. The system revealed you.