Nothing bad is going to happen to us. If we get fired, it's not failure; its a midlife vocational reassessment.

Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.

Self-interest leads to honing your skills, the better to trade with.

There's not a woman in the book, the plot hinges on unkindness to animals, and the black characters mostly drown by Chapter 29.

Commies love concrete.

Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine.

A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.