I'd rather be caught holding up a bank than stealing so much as a two-word phrase from another writer.

A person must try to worry about the things that aren't important, so that he won't worry about the things that are.

would be better served by continuing to hold an ownership position in a pure-play sporting goods retailer rather than a retail conglomerate.

No objects of value are worth risking the priceless experience of waking up one more day.

When someone has the wit to coin a useful phrase, it ought to be acclaimed and broadcast or it will perish.

A good reporter remains a skeptic all his life.

No objects of value ... are worth risking the priceless experience of waking up one more day.

The difference between false memories and true ones is thesame as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look themost real, the most brilliant.

Always act as if you are living the epitome of a magnificent life.

I believe that in the historic and religious nature, marriage is between a man and a woman.

I'm fascinated by the narrative of geology, and I'm a veritable pack rat of a collector on the road. I keep a rock hammer in my car.

RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas.

It is a curious thing that people only ask if you are enjoying yourself when you aren't.

An atom-blaster is a good weapon, but it can point both ways.

Take care that old age does not wrinkle your spirit even more than your face.

Men are born human. What they must learn is to be an animal. If they learn otherwise it may kill them, and kill life on the planet.

Modern writers are the moons of literature; they shine with reflected light, with light borrowed from the ancients.