“...time is the third party to every relationship.”

“As every economist knows, third-party transactions are always more expensive, whether the third party is an insurer or the government...Third-party transactions are always inflationary. So let's return as much of daily life as possible to a two-party system--buyer and seller. You'll be amazed how affordable it is. Compare cellphone and laptop and portable music systems prices with what they were in the Eighties, and then ask yourself how it would have turned out with a government-regulated system of electronic insurance plans.”

“It was one thing to sacrifice your own life for someone else's. It was another thing entirely to bring into the mix a third party - a third party who knew you, who trusted you implicitly.”

“Friends don't need the intervention of a third party. Friendship's a voluntary thing.”

“Sex with Panda was like being in a porno movie but without a third party involved.”

“if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable.”