“You are confusing plumbing and love again.”

“And what is the state but a servant and a convenience for a large number of people, just like the electric light and the plumbing system? And wouldn't it be preposterous to claim that men must exist for their plumbing, not the plumbing for the men?”

“Here again you confuse and mix everything up in your usual way.”

“...you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy”

“An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.”

“I'd confused need with love and love with sacrifice.”