Of all the strange 'crimes' that human beings have legislated out of nothing, 'blasphemy' is the most amazing -- with 'obscenity' and 'indecent exposure' fighting it out for second and third place.

Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back.

Every law that was ever written opened up a new way to graft.

You don’t pay back, you pay forward.

From somewhere, back in my youth, heard Prof say, 'Manuel, when faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you do understand, then look at it again.' He had been teaching me something he himself did not understand very well—something in math—but had taught me something far more important, a basic principle.

Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.

Autobiography is usually honest but it is never truthful.