Quotes
Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent.
p. 240
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors — and miss.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
p. 31
Security people always spy on their bosses; they can’t help it, it’s a syndrome that goes with the job.
p. 16
We may eliminate death someday but I doubt if we’ll ever eliminate taxes.
p. 406
I have never been able to see life as anything but a vast complicated practical joke, and it’s better to laugh than cry.
p. 442
Progress doesn't come from early risers — progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.
Boats and ships are female because they are beautiful, lovable, expensive—and unpredictable.
p. 452
"Sovereign," like "love," means anything you want it to mean; it's a word in dictionary between "sober" and "sozzled."
A man who marries at my age isn’t taking a wife, he’s indenturing a nurse.
p. 224
As it says in Bible, God fights on side of heaviest artillery.
Nobody ever wins a lawsuit but the lawyers.
