The Universe was a silly place at best...but the least likely explanation for it was the no-explanation of random chance, the conceit that abstract somethings 'just happened' to be atoms that 'just happened' to get together in ways which 'just happened' to look like consistent laws and some configurations 'just happened' to possess self-awareness and that two 'just happened' to be the Man from Mars and a bald-headed old coot with Jubal inside.

We learned not to waste ammo even on warriors except in self-protection

The Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for the human race to keep all its eggs in.

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.

A brute kills for pleasure. A fool kills from hate.

Thou art god, I am god. All that groks is god.

Get a shot off fast. This upsets him long enough to let you make your second shot perfect.