The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletariat to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeoisie.

Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.

I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.

There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

Those aren't doors, and they're not opening. Those are crypts, Richie. They're cracking open and the vampires you thought were dead are all flying out again.

A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.

What Americans expect from Washington is action that matches the urgency they feel in their daily lives.

Some journeys take us far from home. Some adventures lead us to our destiny.

All of my favourite albums have this incredible amount of conceptual glue to them, even if they are not telling a story.

Calvin [Trillin] has never done anything majorly objectionable.

Stimulate don't Annihilate.

I'm sure she wants revenge. I'll just try not to let that happen.

We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs.

Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker.