Don't be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through.

There was no himself in himself.

History tends to change people who think they're changing it.

So much paperwork to read! So much paperwork to push away! So much paperwork to pretend he hadn't received and that might have been eaten by gargoyles.

It was possibly the most circumspect advance in the history of military maneuvers, right down at the bottom end of the scale that things like the Charge of the Light Brigade are at the top of.

When you can flatten entire cities at a whim, a tendency towards quiet reflection and seeing-things-from-the-other-fellow's-point- of-view is seldom necessary.

Joy is to fun what the deep sea is to a puddle. It’s a feeling inside that can hardly be contained.