First in violence, deepest in dirt, lawless, unlovely, ill-smelling, irreverent, new; an overgrown gawk of a - village, the "tough" among cities, a spectacle for the nation.

In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued and caught that we do not fully realize whence the trouble comes.

Keep your baby eyes (which are the eyes of genius) on what we don't know

The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.

Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story.

Morality is only moral when it is voluntary.

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

The only thing worth having in an earthly existence is a sense of humor.

I have seen the future, and it works.

The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.

It is privilege that causes evil in the world, not wickedness, and not men.

The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.

I thought it was very humanitarian of Sean Penn and Madonna to marry each other. That way, they make only two people miserable instead of four.

He'd been let down so often His brow was on the floor But then they found A small hole in the ground And let him down some more

Using clichés is a substitute for thinking

Why would I endorse the hibachi grill when I am the hibachi grill?

I am more than a devil; I am a man. I can do the one thing which Satan himself cannot do— I can die.

When you do not like human beings, you cannot make good portraits.

Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone.

I haven't danced since 1973; I'm too old.

Before we can leave our parents, they stuff our heads like the suitcases which they jam-pack with homemade underwear.