On its world the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people. Odd, said Arthur. I thought you said it was a democracy. I did, said Ford. \[. . .\] You mean they actually vote for the lizards? Oh, yes, said Ford with a shrug, of course. But, said Arthur, going for the big one again, why? Because if they didn’t vote for a lizard, said Ford, the wrong lizard might get in. \------- You don't fully realize that you aren't healthy until you regain your health \------- Just plain better than you. This? This is a stamp. Are you on a stamp? No. You're one of those people. People who aren't on stamps. \--------- The success of the strategy, which is largely cooperative, took many by surprise. In successive competitions various teams produced complex strategies which attempted to "cheat" in a variety of cunning ways, but Tit for Tat eventually prevailed in every competition. \-------- Logic is an organized way of going wrong with confidence. \------ When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.