The Ten Commandments are for lame brains. The first five are solely for the benefit of the priests and the powers that be; the second five are half truths, neither complete nor adequate.

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

Rarest of all is the man who can and does reason at all times, quickly, accurately, inclusively, despite hope or fear or bodily distress, without egocentric bias or thalmic disturbance, with correct memory, with clear distinction between fact, assumption, and non-fact.

I have never been impressed by the formal schools of ethics.

Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win.

I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting.