“Get smart and nothing can touch you.”
“You can touch everything and be connected to nothing.”
“Smart is not something you are... Smart is something you get!”
“Smart people sometimes get stupid, but stupid people never get smart. Never. Ever. 'You can come down the evolutionary ladder,' Chon has observed to Ben and O; 'you can't climb up.”
“You know Death will get you in the end, but if you are smart and have a sense of humor, you can thumb your nose at it for awhile”