To engage in morally dubious activities on a small scale, you have to pay off the local politicians and police. On a large scale it becomes necessary to endow chairs at Harvard.
Sep 272022
Sep 262022
At every public lecture the audience, no matter how small, includes at least one member who doesn’t have a question, exactly, more like a comment.
Sep 232022
Crime is like most problems: you don’t need to know the cause to fix it.
Sep 222022
When everyone writes, no one reads.
Sep 212022
It is glorious to discover a commonplace for oneself.
Sep 202022
Only in the movies does it pour when it rains.
Sep 192022
Few men improve upon closer acquaintance, and none indefinitely.
Sep 162022
Every business is disposable. Every businessman understands this and almost no one else does.
Sep 152022
If you aren’t indispensable, you’re probably useless.
Sep 142022
Critics prefer drama to comedy because drama can be chewed over endlessly, and who wants to talk about why something’s funny?