"A generation which ignores history has no past and no future."

"There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe."

"To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful."

"Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards."

"Of course the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you--if you don't play, you can't win."

"The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive."

"Did I ever tell you about a nasty habit that flight attendants pick up on the job? We learn to always keep smiling, even when we're out of Bloody Mary Mix."

"Men have no right to put the well-being of the present generation wholly out of the question. Perhaps the only moral trust with any certainty in our hands is the care of our own time."

"Nothing, at last, is sacred; but the integrity of your own mind."

"Jesus was a Jew, yes, but only on his mother's side."

"Love is a common bond that occurs between two people when each thinks they have something to gain through the other's stupidity."

"We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming."