You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.

A touchstone to determine the actual worth of an "intellectual" - find out how he feels about astrology.

Luck is a tag given by the mediocre to account for the accomplishments of genius.

Girls are simply wonderful. Just to stand on a corner and watch them going past is delightful. They don't walk. At least not what we do when we walk. I don't know how to describe it, but it's much more complex and utterly delightful. They don't move just their feet; everything moves and in different directions . . . and all of it graceful.

If Satan should ever replace God he would find it necessary to assume the attributes of Divinity.

Yes, Boss?' Dorcas, the last twenty or thirty years I've been a worthless, no-good parasite.' She yawned again. 'Everybody knows that.' Nevermind the flattery. There comes a time in every man's life when he has to stop being sensible--a time to stand up and be counted--strike a blow for liberty--smite the wicked.' Ummm...' So quit yawning, the time has come.' She glanced down. 'Maybe I had better get dressed.

People usually believe anything that they are told early and often.