"Progress doesn't come from early risers — progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things."

"History has the relation to truth that theology has to religion — i.e., none to speak of."

"Oh, I have strong opinions, but a thousand reasoned opinions are never equal to one case of diving in and finding out…"

"I learned centuries back that there is no privacy in any society crowded enough to need IDs. A law guaranteeing priva…"

"Security people always spy on their bosses; they can’t help it, it’s a syndrome that goes with the job."

"There’s no virtue in being old, it just takes a long time."

"Human beings hardly ever learn from the experience of others. They learn — when they do, which isn't often — on their…"

"Age does not bring wisdom. Often it merely changes simple stupidity into arrogant conceit. Its only advantage, so far…"

"“Then you believe in an afterlife?” “Slow up! I don’t ‘believe’ in anything. I know certain things — little things, n…"

"The purpose of my government is never to do good, but simply to refrain from doing evil."