Any thought which is printed, either here or in the paper, without subsequent attack is generally believed to be true. This is not so much a logical … - George Alec Effinger

“What do you know about the activities of the brain and the nervous system?”
I laughed. “About as much as any hustler from the Budayeen who can barely read and write his name. I know that the brain is in the head, I’ve heard that it’s a bad idea to let some thug spill it on the sidewalk. Beyond that, I don’t know much.” I did, truthfully, know some more, but I always hold something in reserve. It’s a good policy to be a little quicker, a little stronger, and a little smarter than everybody thinks you are.

They wait in clutching haste for fate to fill the inside straight of their happiness.

Sometimes the only vitamins I get are in the lime slices in my gimlets.