"Ralph Nimmo carecía de título universitario y se enorgullecía de ello. -Un título [...] es el primer paso de un recorrido calamitoso. Como no quieres desperdiciarlo, pasas al trabajo de graduado y a la investigación doctoral. Terminas por ser un absoluto ignorante de todo, excepto en tu estrechísima especialidad."
"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."
"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster."
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
"Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do."
"Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments."