Anything Beats An Expensive Stack Of Paper.

There Is A Technical, Literary Term For Those Who Mistake The Opinions And Beliefs Of Characters In A Novel For Those Of The Author. The Term Is 'idiot'.

Species Evolve To Meet The Environment. An Intelligent Species Changes The Environment To Suit Itself. As Soon As A Species Becomes Intelligent, It Should Stop Evolving.

One Mark Of A Good Officer, He Remembered, Was The Ability To Make Quick Decisions. If They Happen To Be Right, So Much The Better.

There Had Been A Popular Joke On Freedom, Started By A Man Named Calder. Looking Down From Space, He Had Said, The Dominant Life Forms On Earth Were Obviously The Cereals And Other Grasses. They Occupied All The Most Desirable And Fertile Land; And They Had Tamed Insects And Animals To Care For Them. In Particular, They Had Domesticated The Bipeds To Nurture And Cultivate Them And To Save And Plant Their Seed. Now, Watching The Farmers, Alex Could Easily Imagine That They Were Worshiping And Genuflecting Before Their Masters.

I Do Not Believe They've Run Out Of Surprises.