Civilians are like beans; you buy 'em as needed for any job which merely requires skill and savvy. But you can't buy fighting spirit.

Whoring is like military service...okay in the upper brackets, not so good lower down.

The commonest weakness of our race is our ability to rationalize our most selfish purposes.

Heinlein's Rules for Writers Rule One: You Must Write Rule Two: Finish What Your Start Rule Three: You Must Refrain From Rewriting, Except to Editorial Order Rule Four: You Must Put Your Story on the Market Rule Five: You Must Keep it on the Market until it has Sold

Formal courtesy between husband and wife is even more important than it is between strangers.

Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

The whole principle (censorship) is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak.