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.

It was better to live with disappointment and frustration than to live without hope.

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.

I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing.

You live and learn. Or you don't live long.

Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.

People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt.