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Are you trying to tell all of us we have a bad signal-to-noise ratio?
'Savage' describes a cultural condition, not a degree of intelligence.
I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
Don't explain computers to laymen. Simpler to explain sex to a virgin.
The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force.
The answers to how to live sustainably on our planet are all around us.
Conserving habitats is a wellspring for the next industrial revolution.
The computers are not replacing mathematicians; they are breeding them.
In a family argument, if it turns out you are right, apologize at once.
How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven.
We learned not to waste ammo even on warriors except in self-protection
Work is not an end in itself; there must always be time enough for love.
Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil.
Random chance is not sufficient to explain random chance. ~Jubal Harshaw
Tomorrow lurks in us, the latency to be all that was not achieved before.
Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling.
Anything free costs twice as much in the long run or turns out worthless.
If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it.
One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast.
If you don't like yourself, you can't like other people. -- Lazarus Long.
Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.
A man who marries at my age isn't taking a wife, he's indenturing a nurse.
Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few.
If I had a Boy Scout I could make a fire by rubbing his hind legs together.
You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting.
Ninety percent of all human wisdom is the ability to mind your own business.
A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.
A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it. It keeps him upright.
A skunk is better company than a person who prides himself on being 'frank'.
People who are busy and happy don't write diaries; they are too busy living.
Once you get to earth orbit, you're halfway to anywhere in the solar system.
My old man taught me two things: 'Mind own business' and 'Always cut cards.'
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
You do not truly own anything that you can't carry in both arms at a dead run
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss.
In a mature society, 'civil servant' is semantically equal to 'civil master.'
I came, I saw, she conquered." The original Latin seems to have been garbled.
You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity.
Straining at gnats and swallowing camels is a required course in law schools.
Only a sadistic scoundrel-or a fool-tells the bald truth on social occasions.
When it don’t rain, the roof don’t leak; when it rains, I can’t fix it nohow.
Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.
Money is the sincerest of all flattery. Women love to be flattered. So do men.
I woke up in bed with a man and a cat. The man was a stranger; the cat was not
One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word.
When you're rich, you don't have friends; you just have endless acquaintances.
Contemplation must bring forth right action in order to permit further growth.
Specialization is for insects... The race of man? He's a whole other creature.
Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation.
Certain types of loudmouthism should be a capital offense among decent people.