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

History does not record anywhere or at any time a religion that has any rational basis.

Dad claims that library science is the foundation of all sciences just as math is the key -- and we will survive or founder, depending on how well the librarians do their jobs. Librarians didn't look glamorous to me but maybe Dad had hit on a not very obvious truth.

Remember though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp -provided it's loaded.

...more than six people cannot agree on anything, three is better and one is perfect for a job that one can do. This is why parliamentary bodies all through history, when they accomplished anything, owed it to a few strong men who dominated the rest.

Figure out for yourself what you want to be really good at, know that you'll never really satisfy yourself that you've made it, and accept that that's okay.

All men are created unequal.