If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Butterflies are not insects,' Captain John Sterling said soberly. 'They are self-propelled flowers.

Rarest of all is the man who can and does reason at all times, quickly, accurately, inclusively, despite hope or fear or bodily distress, without egocentric bias or thalmic disturbance, with correct memory, with clear distinction between fact, assumption, and non-fact.

A "critic" is a man who creates nothing.

There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back...

Self awareness is NOT just a bunch of amino acids bumping together.

Take care of the cojones and the frijoles will take care of themselves. Try to have getaway money - but don't be fanatic about it.