I know why we laugh. We laugh because it hurts, and it's the only thing to make it stop hurting. - Robert A. Heinlein

“Going to dance at my wake?”
“I don’t dance,” the lawyer answered, “but you tempt me to learn.”

“Why do you like to play chess so well?”
“Because it is the only thing in the world where I can see all the factors and understand all the rules.”

Son, people do odd things for money, but they’ll do still more drastic things for power over money. Anybody sittin’ close to a billion credits is in danger; it’s like keeping a pet rattlesnake.