I know of no existing nation that deserves to live, and I know of very few individuals.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Fake confidence on the outside often trumps truthful turmoil on the inside.

We prayed the moon would unstopper long enough to suck us through to the other side so we could see how dull the stars were at their backsides.

I think the optimal artwork is in constant circulation with the world around itself.

While we all have a great capacity to love, very few of us will love the proper way.

The one thing we do not know is the limit of the knowable.

Pay attention; don't let life go by you. Fall in love with the back of your cereal box.

Volleyball is not like a formula so we must give players some freedom.

I can hear my brother's voice in my head. Your problem is that you're too emotional. But how can I not be emotional, Rowan? How can I not care?

When something weighs on your conscience, give it up.

The best thing you can possibly do for a friend is to be his friend.