There is no such thing as 'social gambling.' Either you are there to cut the other bloke's heart out and eat it -- or you're a sucker. If you don't like this choice -- don't gamble.

Talking with a Martian is like talking with an echo. You don't get argument but you don't get results.

There ought not to be anything in the whole universe that man can't poke his nose into-that's the way we're built and I assume that there's some reason for that.

That old saw about the early bird just proves that the worm should have stayed in bed.

To get anywhere, or even to live a long time, a man has to guess, and guess right, over and over again, without enough data for a logical answer.

Thinking doesn't pay. Just makes you discontented with what you see around you.

Most people who sneer at technology would starve to death if the engineering infrastructure were removed.