Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor. - Robert A. Heinlein

Clark just looked bored and contemptuous and said nothing, because Clark would not bother to interfere with Armageddon unless there was ten percent in it for him.

It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier.

It is true that most religions which have been offered me teach in mortality, but no the fashion in which they teach it. The surest way to lie convincingly is to tell the truth unconvincingly. They did not wish me to believe.