Inevitably the party trying to resolve a matter had to contend with the party most willing to exploit it.

Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat.

It is perfectly okay to write garbage – as long as you edit brilliantly.

A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.

Watch out for a man whose enemies keep disappearing.

Culture is how biology responds and makes its living conditions better.

I most fear stupid people. Stupid people will do anything. Truly smart people will do only what is logical for them to do.

Trade isn't about goods. Trade is about information. Goods sit in the warehouse until information moves them.

Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!

Remember, constantly, that when you talk about 'tense of a subjunctive,' you're not talking about time. You're slipping through degrees of reality.

Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction.

Leave me alone, Do me a favor, abandon me, I want to think about, You me and the idea of forever.

Aggressiveness, complaints, pressures, drama and polemics can wipe out a favor or a promise and stain a generous deed.

Just the kind of girl I liked—the weirdo in the bunch.

What has human happiness to do with morals? The object of morals is not to make people happy.

Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism...the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young.

If I wanted to make over my image, I could have given 10,000 interviews in the last 10 years. I haven't done anything wrong that I need to make up for. I am what I am in front of the world.

Hopes are always accompanied by fears, and, in scientific research, the fears are liable to become dominant.

I fell in love with Africa while I was there.

Writing is communication, not self-expression. Nobody in this world wants to read your diary except your mother.

Now the dark air is like fire on my skin, And even the moonlight is blinding