Precocious talents mature slowly if at all.

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.

Full minds create chaos.

Love is when two people who care for each other get confused.

Everything about aging in my experience so far has been a plus. Except the death part!

The greatest knowledge a person can possess is the address of the local library.

Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.

It has been said that in order to pursue the history of Biblical interpretation, you must include the whole philosophy of the West, which informs it at every stage.

I got fired once for putting like a packet of biscuits through a fan - I was really bored.

We tend to lack humility toward love, to patronize it rather than bow before it, to put mundane considerations before the emotional need to hold someone in our arms.

Though it sold very well, I hated "The Edge."

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't take it.