I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them.

If I don’t start having service I’m going to swap you all for a dog and shoot the dog.

If we blow ourselves up we will do it by misapplication of science; if we manage to keep from blowing ourselves up, it will be through intelligent application of science.

Men are more sentimental than women. It blurs their thinking.

My dear, I used to think I was serving humanity . . . and I pleasured in the thought. Then I discovered that humanity does not want to be served; on the contrary it resents any attempt to serve it. So now I do what pleases myself.

The shamans are forever yacking about their snake oil miracles. I prefer the real McCoy, a pregnant woman.

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