“I dont dwell on the fact that I may have ridden on planes. That which I cant remember having needed, I simply accept. It is the most preferable kind of self-insight: one that does not require any a...”

“A customer facing crucial decisions: What should I wipe myself with? What should I brush with? His personal hygiene was deteriorating rapidly as he stared at the rows of possibilities, sweating pro...”

“Dont believe what you hear about those penguins. A species of lazy waddlers. Their extinction is immanent.”

“Do you remember our first kiss? I do. Not a day goes by I dont think of the feel of that bicuspid against my tongue. It had such a distinctive feel, neither cuspid nor molarbut Im not sure it knew ...”

“While were at it, why dont we add a third emotion to this list: lust. You are probably unaware that Linnaeus lumped the tomato into the same genus as the potato, a food with a reputation for its wi...”

“What do you take me for? That fool Socrates, who upheld the law at the cost of his own death just to be ironic? I suspect that act was actually the result of his secret embarrassment of his hideou...”

“I just wanted all the wars to be over so that we could spend the money on starships and Mars colonies.”

“War is hot, not cold.”

“I returned from the West, and brought home in my nostrils and nerves that benumbing lethargy, imprudent hostility, and arrogant superiority with which the West viewed the fate of Eastern Europe.”

“Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.”

“Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.”

“Aside from the obvious, Francesca, what do you want in return for supplying information? Bones asked, getting back to the subject. You to take me, she replied at once. Not gonna happen! I spat, squ...”

“You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.”

“They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king.”

“A regime that wraps itself in the flag of truth fears truth most of all, for if its story is falsified to the slightest degree, its authority is gone.”