Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Nonviolence doesn't always work -- but violence never does.

Having reached 451 books as of now doesn't help the situation. If I were to be dying now, I would be murmuring, "Too bad! Only four hundred fifty-one." (Those would be my next-to-last words. The last ones will be: "I love you, Janet.") [They were. -Janet.]

Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Violence is the first refuge of the incompetent.