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

In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.

In the twentieth century, nowhere on Earth was sex so vigorously suppressed as in America -- -and nowhere else was there such a deep interest in it.

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

Every general prohibition creates its bootleggers.

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy. Robert A.

A handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

How is a sincere criminal, trying hard, going to get ahead in his profession if his victim fails to cooperate?

How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven.

Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group
without being willing to pay; and claims a halo for his dishonesty.

Ability is a wonderful thing, but its value is greatly enhanced by dependability. Ability implies repeatability and accountability.

Abstract knowledge is always useful, sooner or later.

Sex, whatever else it is, is an athletic skill. The more you practice, the more you can, the more you want to, the more you enjoy it, the less it tires you.

Spacemen die if they stay in one place.

Don't explain computers to laymen. Simpler to explain sex to a virgin.

When he kisses you he isn't doing anything else. You're his whole universe, and the moment is eternal because he doesn't have any plans and isn't going anywhere. Just kissing you ... it's overwhelming.

Autobiography is usually honest but it is never truthful.

I am only an egg.