Natures and features last until the grave

Without equality, he argued, eugenics would degenerate into yet another mechanism by which the powerful could control the weak.

Intelligence...[is] not marathon rac[e]: there is no fixed criteria for success, no start or finish lines -- and running sideways or backwards, might secure victory.

Freaks become norms, and norms become extinct. Monster by monster, evolution advanced

Enough of this guilt, " he told her, his voice reduced to a cracked whisper. "What's done is done.

No one is fighting for my freedom unless they are doing it on my soil.

Gestating characters feels something like the mental equivalent of gestating a baby. In both cases, to create them you lose yourself. Or at least you reshape yourself to encompass them.

Well begun is not only half done, but often fully cooked.

A society's apprehensiveness about divorce is an expression of its fear of change and of its resulting desire that personality remain unvarying.

You never know how many friends you have until you rent a house on the beach.

You are recognized by your bat. If you are the best hitting shortstop out there, that's how you win a Gold Glove. That's the way it is. It shouldn't be-it's a defensive award.

Nothing keeps a company honest and efficient like the threat of other companies coming along and taking its business away.

We aren't born for ourselves alone. You have to take care of other people.

You've got to embrace the future. You can whine about it, but you've got to embrace it.