Anyone who can worship a trinity and insist that his religion is a monotheism can believe anything.

Circumstances can force your hand. So think ahead!

Take care of the cojones and the frijoles will take care of themselves. Try to have getaway money - but don't be fanatic about it.

There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.

When the need arises - and it does - you must be able to shoot your own dog. Don't farm it out — that doesn't make it nicer, it makes it worse.

Love your country, but never trust its government.

When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.