I don't answer questions containing two or more unsupported assumptions.

Afraid? I can dodge folly without backing into fear.

I love to make a mistake. It is my only assurance that I cannot reasonably be expected to assume the responsibility of omniscience.

Sometimes it's things that take the joy out of life, like a blowout when you're hitting sixty or a button coming off of a shirt when you're in a hurry, but usually it's people.

There is only one object on earth that frightens me: a physicist working on a new trick.

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

I try to know what I need to know. I make sure to know what I want to know. (Nero Wolfe)