Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
Money doesn't always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars.
When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Starting with getting run down by a drunk burning his way down Valencia -- that were infinitely more likely and immediate than terrorists.
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.