If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. (Lazarus Long)

No woman ever ages beyond eighteen in her heart.

What is supposed to happen in a democracy is that each sovereign citizen will always vote in the public interest for the safety and welfare of all. But what does happen is that he votes his own self-interest as he sees it... which for the majority translates as 'Bread and Circuses'.

If we blow ourselves up we will do it by misapplication of science; if we manage to keep from blowing ourselves up, it will be through intelligent application of science.

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

Money is a powerful aphrodisiac but flowers work almost as well.

Peace is an extension of war by political means. Plenty of elbow-room is pleasanter -- and much safer.