Damnit! Nationalism should stop at the stratosphere!

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Gratitude is a euphemism for resentment.

On two subjects the overwhelming majority of people regarded their own opinions as Absolute Truth, and sincerely believed that anyone who disagreed with them was immoral, outrageous, sinful, sacrilegious, offensive, intolerable, stupid, illogical, treasonable, actionable, against the public interest, ridiculous, and obscene. The two subjects were (of course) sex and religion.

A community where everyone is a ruthless murderer, with handy access to death-dealing devices, is a very polite community.

In handling a stinging insect, move very slowly.

Minimize your therbligs until it becomes automatic; this doubles your effective lifetime - and thereby gives time to enjoy butterflies and kittens and rainbows.