A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld.

Belief gets in the way of learning.

The early worm deserves the bird.

If I don’t start having service I’m going to swap you all for a dog and shoot the dog.

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

A community where everyone is a ruthless murderer, with handy access to death-dealing devices, is a very polite community.

- I'm so busy doing what I must do that I don't have time for what I ought to do... and I never get a chance to do what I want to do! - Son, that's universal. The way to keep that recipe from killing you is occasionally to do what you want to do anyhow.