"Nobody has ever seen an electron. Nor a thought. You can't see a thought, you can't measure, weigh, nor taste it- but thoughts are the most real things in the Galaxy."

"For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable."

"A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness."

"The secret to life is that there is no secret."

"A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable."

"... I said to myself that growing up really means slowing down."

"A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by."

"A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure."

"No computer network with pretty graphics can ever replace the salespeople that make our society work."

"It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are."

"All power corrupts, but we need the electricity."

"Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil."