Politics is not about big money or power games

I don't fear death, I fear I haven't done enough before it happens

Begin each day as if it were on purpose.

A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.

I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer.

Gratitude, in most men, is only a strong and secret hope of greater favors.

Many people are so poor because the only thing they have is money.

If you could hold your nose to avoid a stink, or close your eyes to cut out a sight, why not shut off your brain to avoid a thought?

The industrial powerhouse of 1950 [Detroit] is now a crime-ridden wasteland with a functioning literacy rate equivalent to West African basket-cases.

I always wondered why babies spend so much time sucking their thumbs. Then I tasted baby food.

When it's your fourth marriage, you tend to lose faith in superstitions.