In one word he told me the secret of success in mathematics: plagiarize; only be sure always to call it . . . research.

I wasn't really a performer by temperament.

Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?

No one is more dangerous than someone who thinks he has "The Truth". To be an atheist is almost as arrogant as to be a fundamentalist. But then again, I can get pretty arrogant.

I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.

There's ten stuffed heads in my trophy room right now, two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow.

I ache for the touch of your lips dear, but much more for the touch of your whips dear.