People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.

When money is seen as a solution for every problem, money itself becomes the problem.

The ghastly thing about postal strikes is that after they are over, the service returns to normal.

The seven ages of man: spills, drills, thrills, bills, ills, pills and wills.

The man who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more.

God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.

Every woman needs one man in her life who is strong and responsible. Given this security, she can proceed to do what she really wants to do-fall in love with men who are weak and irresponsible.

To create a housing shortage in a huge country, heavily wooded, with a small population -- ah, that's proof of pure political genius.

I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.

Love is a fever which marriage puts to bed and cures.

Power is a drug on which the politicians are hooked. They buy it from the voters, using the voters' own money.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Bravery comes along as a gradual accumulation of discipline

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

I will continue to fight for justice, fairness, and constitutional rights until my dying breath.

The fact that a knight is temporarily on the edge of the board is of no great significance.

I would prefer as a viewer to watch the mistakes. I am my own blooper reel, as it happens.

To love means not to impose your own powers on your fellow man but offer him your help. And if he refuses it, to be proud that he can do it on his own strength.

Some nights, one wants to tell beloveds everything that's been waiting to be said. Some nights, a man needs flesh and blood and warm breath and a loving heart.

He also keeps his silence when Bible passages become shredded to justify unwinding, and kids start to see the face of God in the fragments.

I feel culturally Jewish because of the way that I have lived my adult life.