34 quotes
There is something about gold that has an effect on human judgment similar to that of heroin or cocaine.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
Censorship is never logical but, like cancer, it is dangerous to ignore it when it shows up.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
You can’t do it all the time, but there is no limit to how much you can talk about it.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
An erection is the most flattering compliment a man can pay to an older woman.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
“Happiness,” Jubal stated, “lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing.”
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
A proud self image is the strongest incentive you can have toward correct behavior.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
Marriage is not a sometime thing; it’s whole hawg or you’re not married.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
Be a pessimist and you will hardly ever be wrong.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
“Gratitude”: An imaginary emotion that rewards an imaginary behavior, “altruism.” Both imaginaries are false faces for selfishness, which is a real and honest emotion.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
“Why don’t they modernize?”
I answered, “Money. Donald, any question that starts out ‘Why don’t they—’ the answer is always ‘Money.’”
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
But how many men are truly wise in their handling of women? In all history you can count them on the fingers of one thumb.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
Remember that ancient Persian parable about doubling grains of rice on a chessboard? Four billion people are a smidgen larger than a grain of rice; you quickly run out of chessboard.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
“I don’t recommend disturbing either corpses or golfers.”
“There’s a difference?”
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
We are strangers, all of us, family most of all.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
Males are conservative about sex, especially those who think they are not.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
Population pressure works much like a rising river. You can put up dikes or levees, but the day comes when the river has to go somewhere.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
Eventually I learned that the Church is run solely for the benefit of the priesthood, not for the good of our people. But I learned it too late.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
In a society in which it is a mortal offense to be different from your neighbors your only escape is never to let them find out.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
The few VIPs I’ve met struck me as hollow shells, animated by PR men.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)