Michael

“I don’t know what the hell that freak just said, but we’re not as backward as you cyborgs think! We know how to speak English!” The tableau continued a moment longer before Old-timer finally managed to utter, “You do?” “No! I’m lying to you! I don’t speak a damn word of English! I memorized this phonetically just to piss you off at the right moment!” the Purist shouted back at him.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.”
― Mark Twain

“I’m beginning to think I never really thought about it. I just did what I was supposed to do. Now? I don’t know. I don’t know what I want,”
― Nathan Lowell, Milk Run

“A philosopher named Aristippus, who had quite willingly sucked up to Dionysus and won himself a spot at his court, saw Diogenes cooking lentils for a meal. "If you would only learn to compliment Dionysus, you wouldn't have to live on lentils."

Diogenes replied, "But if you would only learn to live on lentils, you wouldn't have to flatter Dionysus.”
― Diogenes of Sinope