The difference between stupid and intelligent people - and this is true whether or not they are well-educated - is that intelligent people can handle subtlety.

Men who believe that they are accomplishing something by speaking speak in a different way from men who believe that speaking is a waste of time.

Technically, of course, he was right. Socially, he was annoying us.

'It’s, like, one of them drug dealer boats,' Vic says, looking through his magic sight. 'Five guys on it. Headed our way.' He fires another round. 'Correction. Four guys on it.' Boom. 'Correction, they’re not headed our way anymore.' Boom. A fireball erupts from the ocean two hundred feet away. 'Correction. No boat.'

How could your cover be blown in Canada? Why even bother going dark there? How could you tell?

Even the best of us have certain psychological mechanisms that can suddenly kick in and turn us into monsters.

I feel that I am entitled to trample all other considerations into the dirt in my pursuit of a satisfying pun.