Stupidity is the only natural capital offense.

Death isn't funny." "Then why are there so many jokes about death? Jill, with us — us humans — death is so sad that we must laugh at it.

Learning . . . is - also an end in itself.

Must be a yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please. Rules, laws - always for other fellow. A murky part of us, something we had before we came down out of trees, and failed to shuck when we stood up.

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.

Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork.

My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up.