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

There are perhaps 5% of the population that simply can't think. There are another 5% who can, and do. The remaining 90% can think, but don't

Oh, you have to charge 'em, Jubal. The marks won't pay attention if it's free.

Free will is a golden thread running through the frozen matrix of fixed events.

Death is the lot of us all, and the only way that the human race has ever conquered death is by treating it with contempt. By living every golden minute as if one had all Eternity.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

The greatest productive force is human selfishness.