Banfieldisms

“Do no good and no harm will come of it.”

“Those who cannot learn cannot be taught; those who can learn don’t need to be taught.”

“If you don’t want people to find out about something, don’t do it.”

“Social scientists should never try to predict the future; they have trouble enough predicting the past.”

“A Unitarian is an individual who believes in one god–at most.”

“A Unitarian is a lapsed Christian. I’m a lapsed Unitarian.”