It’s not enough to be able to lie with a straight face; anybody with enough gall to raise on a busted flush can do that. The first way to lie artistically is to tell the truth — but not all of it. The second way involves telling the truth, too, but is harder: Tell the exact truth and maybe all of it…but tell it so unconvincingly that your listener is sure you are lying.

I was not offended, my love. An insult is like a drink; it affects one only if accepted. And pride is too heavy baggage for my journey.

The marks won't listen if it's free.

Come Judgment Day, we may find that Mumbo Jumbo the God of the Congo was the Big Boss all along.

'Savage' describes a cultural condition, not a degree of intelligence.

It's a man's business to be what he is, and to be it in style.

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch." A Libertarian Movement slogan - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, 1907.