“Things could always be worse; for instance, you could be ugly and work in the Post Office.”

“All general statements are false.”

“You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.”

“No one travelling on a business trip would be missed if he failed to arrive.”

“A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.”

“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.”

“Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn’t block traffic.”

“The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it.”

“Let not the sands of time get in your lunch.”

“Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.”