There is no safety this side of the grave

Hit it! You have to hit it harder than that. Electrons are timid little things but notional; you have to let them know who’s boss.

Fulfillment in life is loving a good woman and killing a bad man.

It would take centuries and he must grow and grow and grow, but he was in no hurry--he grokked that Eternity and the ever-beautifully-changing Now were identical.

What a wonderful world it is that has girls in it!

Cast me into a dungeon, burn me at the stake, crown me king of kings, I can 'pursue happiness' as long as my brain lives - but neither gods nor saints, wise men nor subtle drugs, can ensure that I will catch it.

My old man taught me two things: 'Mind own business' and 'Always cut cards.'