Get a shot off fast. This upsets him long enough to let you make your second shot perfect.

A prude is a person who thinks that his own rules of propriety are natural laws.

Then I glanced at the ring on my finger. The Snake That Eats Its Own Tail, Forever and Ever. I know where I came from—but where did all you zombies come from? I felt a headache coming on, but a headache powder is one thing I do not take. I did once—and you all went away. So I crawled into bed and whistled out the light. You aren’t really there at all. There isn’t anybody but me—Jane—here alone in the dark. I miss you dreadfully!

Men rarely if ever dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.

Under our system every voter and officeholder is a man who has demonstrated through voluntary and difficult service that he places the welfare of the group ahead of personal advantage.

Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. Better illogical customs than none; men cannot live together without them.

Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.