A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds 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.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work

The seeking face that will not alter when presented with reason, must delight in its wearer's prideful ignorance.

The little weasel ripped all the buttons off my couch.Ivan Petrovsky, pg 350

To do something good, it has to scare you.

It is in playing, and perhaps only in playing, that the child is free to be creative.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

We should respect all people.

F1 teams need a driver who will consistently set lap times that are 100 percent on the edge.

Love is indestructible, Its holy flame forever burneth; From heaven it came, to heaven returneth.

Art means something very rare, an extraordinary achievement.