A fake fortuneteller can be tolerated. But an authentic soothsayer should be shot on sight. Cassandra did not get half the kicking around she deserved.

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

As it says in Bible, God fights on side of heaviest artillery.

The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by Homo Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of his creations, that he can be persuaded by their prayers, and becomes petulant if he does not receive this flattery. Yet this ridiculous notion, without one real shred of evidence to bolster it, has gone on to found one of the oldest, largest and least productive industries in history.

Ability is a wonderful thing, but its value is greatly enhanced by dependability. Ability implies repeatability and accountability.

Must be yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please.

You have to give an editor something to change, or he gets fretful. After he pees in it, he likes the flavor better, so he buys it.