The first step in making rabbit stew is catching the rabbit. - Isaac Asimov

"Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments."

"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."

"In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate."

"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."

"Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments."