I see the beauty of Mike's attempt to devise an ideal ethic and applaud his recognition that such must start by junking the present sexual code and starting fresh. Most philosophers haven't the courage for this; they swallow the basics of the present code--monogamy, family pattern, continence, body taboos, conventional restrictions on intercourse, and so forth--then fiddle with details...even such piffle as discussing whether the female breast is an obscene sight! (p.365)

Some things, the more you understand the more you loathe them.

A committee is a life form with six or more legs and no brain.

When the need arises - and it does - you must be able to shoot your own dog. Don't farm it out — that doesn't make it nicer, it makes it worse.

Hate always sells well, but for repeat trade and the long pull happiness is sounder merchandise.

Love is what still goes on when you're not horny.

Democracy can survive anything except Democrats