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

"One might define adulthood as the age at which a person learns he must die and accepts his sentence undismayed."

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

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

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

"Specialization is for insects."

"Great part of being a grownup, you never have to do anything."

"I may not agree with what you say, but I'll fight to the death for your right to die in a fire of suspicious origin"

"With foxes we must play the fox."

"Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's levels of aspiration and expectation."

"I was too green to know that all cynicism masks a failure to cope -- an impotence, in short; and that to despise all effort is the greatest effort of all."

"Ah, divorce. The Latin word meaning to rip a man's genitals out through his wallet."