Historically, the Republicans have been geniuses at throwing away advantages.

Judgement comes from experience, and great judgement comes from bad experience.

You can tax the rich all you want. The problem is there aren't enough of the rich.

Who would want to buy a good car when you can buy an American car?

I don't trade my vote for money.

The odds seemed pretty long from where I was standing, certainly, but then again, I reminded myself, the history of science was in many ways an almanac of highly unlikely victories.

Don't write in to ask whether I would prefer Gingrich to Clinton. Ask, rather, whether Clinton prefers Gingrich to you. Go triangulate yourself.

A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.

The true nature of evil is that it is so very casual.

Art is inside of you; express yourself.

The past is democratic, because it is a people. The future is despotic, because it is a caprice. Every man is alone in his prediction, just as each man is alone in a dream.

To be defeated and yet not surrender, this is victory.

You might be the funniest guy in the world, but if you don't have anything to talk about, people are eventually going to gravitate towards the guy that's actually saying something.

Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself.

Alan Alda is loved not because he's sensitive, but because he's successful and sensitive.