For the sake of The Progressive, I will say that [Robert] La Follette was relevant, but he was the last.

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence.

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

But there is merit even in the mentally retarded legislator. He asks the questions that everyone is afraid to ask for fear of seeming simple.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

If all else fails immortality can always be assured by adequate error.

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.

Simple minds, presumably, are the easiest to manage.

Every corner of the public psyche is canvassed by some of the most talented citizens to see if the desire for some merchandisable product can be cultivated.

Our thinking makes our life

It was the kind of conversation you could only hold in whispers.

You have actors who begin at a certain young age and there's very little change in their technique and the depth of their performances; they're the same 30 years later.

The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid.

We need a day of the dead. That's a perfect celebration.

Didn't we, like our grandchildren, begin with a childhood we thought would never end? Now, all of a sudden, I'm older than my parents were when I thought they were old.

It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams.

Sometimes I can't believe half of the love that I get.

If you find that thing you love, it doesn't necessarily matter whether you do it well or not-you just need to do it.

Jesters do oft prove prophets.