From somewhere, back in my youth, heard Prof say, 'Manuel, when faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you do understand, then look at it again.' He had been teaching me something he himself did not understand very well—something in math—but had taught me something far more important, a basic principle.

Never own more than you can carry in both hands at a dead run.

Do-gooding is like treating hemophilia - the real cure is to let hemophiliacs bleed to death...before they breed more hemophiliacs.

I wanted the feeling of romance and the sense of wonder I had known as a kid. I wanted the world to be what they had promised me it was going to be - instead of the tawdry, lousy fouled-up mess it is.

Reason is poor propaganda when opposed by the yammering, unceasing lies of shrewd and evil and self-serving men.

In past history popularly elected governments have been no better and sometimes far worse than overt tyrannies.

Everybody lies about sex.