Nursing does not diminish the beauty of a woman's breasts; it enhances their charm by making them look lived in and happy.

War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him but to make him do what you want him to do. Not killing... but controlled and purposeful violence.

If it can't be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion. It has long been known that one horse can run faster than another - but which one? Differences are crucial.

Little girls, like butterflies, need no excuse.

But, if there ever was a time in history when "peace" meant that there was no fighting going on, I have been unable to find out about it.

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

My folks tried to make a preacher of me and missed by a narrow margin… I would have made a good one if I hadn’t fallen into the fatal folly of reading anything I could lay hands on. With just a touch more self confidence and a liberal helping of ignorance I could have been a famous evangelist.