English is capable of defining sentiments that the human nervous system is quite incapable of experiencing.

Most 'scientists' are bottle washers and button sorters.

The marks won't listen if it's free.

From somewhere, back in my youth, heard Prof say, 'Manuel, when faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you do understand, then look at it again.' He had been teaching me something he himself did not understand very well—something in math—but had taught me something far more important, a basic principle.

Men rarely if ever dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.

Pessimist by policy, optimist by temperament- it is possible to be both. How? By never taking an unnecessary chance and by minimizing the risks you can't avoid. This permits you to play out the game untroubled by the certainty of the outcome.

Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.