A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Life is not kind. Who are you trying to kid, Kendall?” He sighed.

Leaders succeed or fail depending on whether or not they clarify role expectations and keep their promises.

Worthless is life just dreaming but not working, ” -Taleeb

Start believing bigger, dreaming bigger & expecting bigger.

Let us be French, let us be English, but most importantly let us be Canadian!

There is nothing sooner overthrows a weak head than opinion by authority, like too strong a liquor for a frail glass.

I've always been antagonistic to any naïve application of the selfish gene theory to politics. Some people have attempted to suggest that it means we are selfish or we should be selfish.

The mainstream usually follows trends, it seldom sets them except for a few films.

I would say the number one thing with cancer is not to let it scare you because when you are afraid, it destroys your immune system.

When I work I feel more alive than under any other circumstances. There's not an 'I love you' in the world that can match it. I feel safe, excited, at peace, erotic, centered. Nothing can touch me.