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

"To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful."

"The Office does not sanctify the holder of it."

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

"A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits."

"Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it."

"It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible."

"Nothing to me is more distasteful than that entire complacency and satisfaction which beam in the countenances of a newly married couple."

"Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into."

"It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis."

"All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince."

"The average man's judgement is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it."