Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Formal courtesy between husband and wife is even more important than it is between strangers.
The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche.
Never pick up a stray kitten . . . unless you've already made up your mind to be owned by it.
The brown monkey's instinct to kill is correct; such men are dangerous to all monkey customs.
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.
A zygote is a gamete's way of producing more gametes. This may be the purpose of the universe.
It seems to me that any law that is not enforced and can't be enforced weakens all other laws.
An invention is something that was "impossible" up to then that's why governments grant patents.
Come Judgment Day, we may find that Mumbo Jumbo the God of the Congo was the Big Boss all along.
Hate always sells well, but for repeat trade and the long pull happiness is sounder merchandise.
The saddest thing about ephemerals was that their little lives rarely held time enough for love.
I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it.
The right to figure things out for yourself is the only true freedom everyone shares. Go use it.
If Satan should ever replace God he would find it necessary to assume the attributes of Divinity.
My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up.
Seems to be a deep instinct in human beings for making everything compulsory that isn't forbidden.
Remember though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp -provided it's loaded.
The less respect an older person deserves the more certain he is to demand it from anyone younger.
Butterflies are not insects,' Captain John Sterling said soberly. 'They are self-propelled flowers.
Anyone who can worship a trinity and insist that his religion is a monotheism can believe anything.
Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]
The nice thing about citing god as an authority is that you can prove anything you set out to prove.
Wisdom includes not getting angry unnecessarily. The Law ignores trifles and the wise man does, too.
There are only five things really worth drawing; four of them are pretty girls and the fifth is cats.
It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.
Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered a capital crime. For a first offense, that is.
With eternity to draw on there could be no reason for hurrying - 'hurry' was not a concept in Martian.
Talking with a Martian is like talking with an echo. You don't get argument but you don't get results.
Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.
We each have a moral obligation to conserve and preserve beauty in this world; there is none to waste.
Peace is an extension of war by political means. Plenty of elbow-room is pleasanter -- and much safer.
The way to find justice is to deal fairly with other people and not worry about how they deal with you.
The Bible is such a gargantuan collection of conflicting values that anyone can prove anything from it.
I believe in my neighbors. I know their faults and I know that their virtues far outweigh their faults.
A touchstone to determine the actual worth of an "intellectual" - find out how he feels about astrology.
Most people who sneer at technology would starve to death if the engineering infrastructure were removed.
Magic is not science, it is a collection of ways to do things ways that work but often we don't know why.
The most important lesson in the writing trade is that any manuscript is improved if you cut away the fat.
The shamans are forever yacking about their snake oil miracles. I prefer the real McCoy, a pregnant woman.
Humoring them costs nothing and adds to happiness in a world in which happiness is always in short supply.
To assess the intelligence of a committee, divide the IQ of its stupidest member by the number of members.
Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.
The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere, any time and with utter recklessness.
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
English is capable of defining sentiments that the human nervous system is quite incapable of experiencing.
Being privileged to work hard for long hours at something you think is worth doing is the best kind of play.
when faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you do understand, then look at it again.
You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.
Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain.