The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?

Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.

Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

you can't say civilization dont advance, in every war they kill you in a new way

In January 1776, Thomas Paine issued 'Common Sense, ' advocating independence from Great Britain.

The greatest antidote in the world for grief is work, and the necessity of work.

Measles will always show you if someone isn't doing a good job on vaccinations. Kids will start dying of measles.

Not long ago, a novelist could believe he could have an effect on our consciousness of terror. Today, the men who shape and inflence human consciousness are the terrorists.

We would like to believe that we are not in the business of surviving but in being good, and we do not like to admit to ourselves that we are good in order to survive.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

A dose of humility goes a long way in life and in politics.

I was Mayor of New York during a great Yankees dynasty. I got to preside over the city during four Yankees championships.

Past tense offers authority, distance, and present tense offers emotional immediacy.