For the average American, freedom of speech is simply the freedom to repeat what everyone else is saying and no more.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.

The unfed mind devours itself.

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

Liza with her acceptance could take care of tragedy

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.

Perseverance and tact are the two most important qualities for the individual who wants to move ahead.

I'm really a singer, so I love songs and I love singing. I like rap music, but I didn't grow up freestyling.

Every film has challenges and all of us are doing it together, all the cast is doing it together so you keep each other motivated I guess and keep each other in check.

When the day of misfortune comes and (comes it must sooner or later to all )we may be prepared with Christian fortitude to endure the shock.

By the way, the European Union Member States together - even the euro area Member States together - are by far the biggest contributors to the IMF.

I can see lights in the distance trembling in the dark cloak of night Candles and lanterns are dancing, dancing a waltz on All Souls Night.

Let me tell you, I am nobody's puppet.

As for me, Poetry takes the place of love, because it is enamored of itself, and because this self-lust has a delightful dying fall in my soul.