If you pray hard enough, water will run uphill. How hard? Why, hard enough to make water run uphill, of course!

If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for ... but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.

Some people insist that "mediocre" is better than "best." They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

Talking with a Martian is like talking with an echo. You don't get argument but you don't get results.

Certain types of loudmouthism should be a capital offense among decent people.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.