Quotes
Quotes - Allen
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.
...we are entitled to make almost any reasonable assumption, but should resist making conclusions until evidence requires that we do so.
The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays to the genius of its time.
Impartial observers from other planets would consider ours an utterly bizarre enclave if it were populated by birds, defined as flying animals, that nevertheless rarely or never actually flew. They would also be perplexed if they encountered in our seas, lakes, rivers, and ponds, creatures defined as swimmers that never did any swimming. But they would be even more surprised to encounter a species defined as a thinking animal if, in fact, the creature very rarely indulged in actual thinking.
After quitting radio I was able to live on the money I saved on aspirins.
The Christian is not one who has gone all the way with Christ. None of us has. The Christian is one who has found the right road.
Not only is there no God, but trying getting a plumber on weekends.
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
The only way to be happy is to love to suffer.
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought - particularly for people who cannot remember where they left things.
There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.
The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you.
Fifty-four forty, or fight.
Every day you waste is one you can never make up.
