Most of my scars are not fire-related and I no longer say "I know what I am doing" at critical moments.

After enough concussions the head injuries blur together.

"Gun-wielding recluse gunned down by local police" isn't the epitaph I want. I am hoping for "Witnesses reported the sound up to two hundred kilometers away" or "Last body part finally located".

You may have trouble getting permission to aero or lithobrake asteroids on Earth.

I believe that I have now experienced the lifetime maximum exposure to bottom spanking in fantasy novels.

[Elizabeth Moon's] antagonists are always evil moustache-twirlers. She could write a book about a golf open and the main rival to the hero would turn out to have clubs made from compressed kittens.

english doesn't borrow from other languages. english follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

Never bring a gun to a fight where the other guy has a time-machine and tomorrow's newspapers.

I can't help but notice that everytime I fly somewhere, other people's planes fall out of the sky.

Deadly nightshade is the only plant I have ever been able to get to grow for me.

It's bad to wake up and see a large cat in mid-leap from the rough vicinity of the ceiling.

Getting fired from work is not a death sentence

You have peace, when you make it with yourself.

Don't ever, ever try to lie to the internet - because they will catch you.

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.

Whirlyball is only the most awesome sport on the planet! It's like bumper cars plus lacrosse meets basketball.

What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.

It's time to bring tough medicine to Washington. No longer will policy be set by K Street, it will be dictated by Main Street.

The frost makes a flower, the dew makes a star.

Cronenberg's a lot of fun, and that a lot of people don't know watching his movies. He doesn't take himself seriously. He's still reinventing himself.

If you wish to be loved, be modest; if you wish to be admired, be proud; if you wish both, combine external modesty with internal pride.