I come from the highest class of all. I am a third-generation celebrity.

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.

I kiss her for way too long at the door, and not for the first time, I wish that I could stay with her, to help chase those dark clouds away.

I get up in the morning, look around, arrange and rearrange things, and imagine how I might like them to look. Why doesn't everybody?

I don't know what these Republican congressmen drink that make them experts on women's reproductive health.

Every film is difficult. Making films, you're always going to have problems, there's always going to be challenges.

You can call me an older woman - I don't mind that at all - just don't call me an old one, because I'm not.

I want a part where I can use my own hair, my own voice, and maybe even be literate.

It is better to learn war early from friends, than late from enemies.

I love crazy, gaudy bling.

A good cause has to be careful of the company it keeps.

How does the weakness of the dollar affect your business?