Probably the last sound heard before the Universe folded up like a paper hat would be someone saying, "What happens if I do this?"

Nature abhors a lot of things, including vacuums, ships called the Marie Celeste, and the chuck keys for electric drills.

A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time.

Anyway, just because you're sworn enemies doesn't mean you can't be friends, does it?

The trouble is you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind.

If per capita was a problem, decapita could be arranged.

Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. And this is all very natural and organic and in tune with mysterious cycles of the cosmos, which believes that there's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fiber and, in some cases, backbone.