Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
What the meaning of human life may be I don't know: I incline to suspect that it has none.
Whenever A annoys or injures B on the pretense of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel.
Whenever a reporter is assigned to cover a Methodist conference, he comes home an atheist.
A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.
Honeymoons are the beginning of wisdom--but the beginning of wisdom is the end of romance.
Day is like day as two beads in a rosary, unless changes of weather form the only variety.
The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.
'Get up and hit a home run,' has never been a part of the usable technique of any manager.
All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.
Avoid being seized by the police. The cops are not your friends. Don't tell them anything.
The first impression is always the right one. I rarely change my mind upward about people.
I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.
Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is.
Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning.
If you want to know about governments, all you need to know is two words: Governments lie.
I do have a residual belief that, if at all possible, you should try not to mock the weak.
Men do not know how to appreciate and measure luck except that of others. Their own never.
As freak legislation, the antitrust laws stand alone. Nobody knows what it is they forbid.
There is something supremely reassuring about television; the worst is always yet to come.
Politicians don't like tough coverage, and their protectors try to destroy the messengers.
While you are looking, you might as well also listen, linger and think about what you see.
This is what a city is, bits and pieces that supplement each other and support each other.
Bolivia recently did what every country should do - banned the use of animals in circuses.
I was under the care of a couple of medical students who couldn't diagnose a decapitation.
The death rate among Marines in Iraq has been more than double that of the other services.
The City is, in terms of its basic functioning, a far-off country of which we know little.
I love short stories, but I've never had the impulse to write one. Same for ghost stories.
The public relations warriors fought and lost Monte Carlo's Battle of the Magazine Covers.
Since the late 1970s, 163 million female babies have been aborted by parents seeking sons.
When people call me illegal, calling me illegal says more about you than it does about me.
An anti-Semite used to mean a man who hated Jews. Now it means a man who is hated by Jews.
The way to get better at a skill is to force yourself to practice just beyond your limits.
No matter how stark the reality, a human being fits it into a narrative that is palatable.
It is, indeed, a trial to maintain the virtue of humility when one can't help being right.
People will say, 'Seventy isn't old, it's middle-aged,' and I think, middle of what - 140?
Reporters, even flawed reporters, should not be jailed for protecting even flawed sources.
...much of what was said did not matter, and that much of what mattered could not be said.
The inability to experience regret is one of the diagnostic characteristics of sociopaths.
I always recommend rewiring vintage lighting. It's not a bargain if your house burns down.
Everyone who was ever told a fairytale knows what happens to women who do their own magic.
I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima - and you know, is the price worth it?
People seem to get used to anything, and it is a short step from adaptation to attachment.
For that matter, thinking of one's self as exceptional is probably more the rule than not.
Refrain from being too judgmental. You'll often be surprised by what people have to offer.
I sometimes lie awake at night trying to think of something funny that Richard Nixon said.
Government should work to insure the rights of the individual, not plot to take them away.
You have to have confidence in who you are, because you never know who's depending on you.
It's amazing how much credit you can take, if you don't care about accomplishing anything.
I didn't agree with what Joe McCarthy was trying to do, but I sure did admire his methods.
Do not wait for me to do something for your rights. It's your world and you can change it.