With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and madness, from which they are only now being freed by the beneficent operation of the machine.

One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary subm…

A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.

Conventional people are roused to fury by departures from convention, largely because they regard such departures as a criticism of themselves.

The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple. A good example of a simple technology with profound historical cons…

Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems.

The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer.