Darling, a true lady takes off her dignity with her clothes and does her whorish best. At other times you can be as modest and dignified as your pers… - Robert A. Heinlein

“Happiness,” Jubal stated, “lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing.”

Talking with a Martian is something like talking with an echo. You don't get any argument but you don't get results either.

“The hardest part about gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche. As long as that niche is occupied, evidence and proof and logical demonstration get nowhere. But once the niche is emptied of the wrong idea that has been filling it—once you can honestly say, ‘I don’t know,’ then it becomes possible to get at the truth.”