"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."

"Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it."

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

"That old saw about the early bird just proves that the worm should have stayed in bed."

"If a country can't save itself through the volunteer service of its own free people, then I say: Let the damned thing go down the drain!"

"Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace."

"The great enemy of clear language is insincerity."

"A library is an arsenal of liberty."

"The world has changed. I see it in the water. I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, For none now live who remember it."

"Thought: why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only for food: frequently there must be a beverage."

"You know you're getting old when it takes too much effort to procrastinate."