The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force.

There is no safety this side of the grave

I don't trust a man who talks about ethics when he is picking my pocket. But if he is acting in his own self-interest and says so, I have usually been able to work out some way to do business with him.

Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.

We each have a moral obligation to conserve and preserve beauty in this world; there is none to waste.

With eternity to draw on there could be no reason for hurrying - 'hurry' was not a concept in Martian.

Come Judgment Day, we may find that Mumbo Jumbo the God of the Congo was the Big Boss all along.