Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man.

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.

You become better not by competing with someone else but by improving your awareness.

Drugs suck more than anything else I have ever liked so much.

Experience was something it was difficult to avoid, though many people had managed to keep it to a minimum.

By setting our motivation strongly in the morning when our mind is fresh and clear, we are much more likely to remember it during the day and act with that intention

I'm happy, certainly, given the times we're living in, to be doing OK, and to not be worrying about money, and to be producing something I enjoy.

Certainly, we shouldn't go about making a habit of taking generals and making them secretary of defense.

To tell you the truth, I don't really follow what men wear. Men's fashion is much simpler than women's. It doesn't change as much.

Ill be playing a priest in Chavez Cage Of Glory, which is a fight movie.

I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern.

I'm in the business of value judgments .