It is ironic that a nation that has never experienced a coup d'etat should be so obsessed with the idea of conspiracy.

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.

You're my friend, Danny. You understand? There's no debt between friends."Maybe it's just that the debt gets so high you stop counting it.

There is no gravity. The only thing holding me to this planet is you.

I'm taking the chance, walking away, breaking the rules nobody here can tell me what to do.

The way to get ahead is to start now.

Love children especially, for they too are sinless like the angels; they live to soften and purify our hearts and, as it were, to guide us.

My father was never around. But I glorified my father, and I was always daddy's little girl. He was my first soccer coach.

Those who are lacking in bhakti (devotion), lacking in faith, are ill qualified to interpret the scriptures.

Over the last few years, the world has become a smaller and more integrated place with technology that is leveling the playing field like never before.

I don't want to deconstruct what I do.

We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?