I don't really believe that people read just the stuff they agree with.

Yuppies don't have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters.

Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary. I’ll predict that right now.

White women are a problem, that's, you know - we all live with that.

If we free the people of Iraq, we will be respected in the Arab world... and I think we will be respected around the world.

[the war in Iraq] "could have terrifically good effects troughout the Middle East

Whenever I hear anything described as a heartless assault on our children, I tend to think it’s a good idea.

Having defeated and then occupied Iraq, democratizing the country should not be too tall an order for the world's sole superpower.

American power should be used not just in the defense of American interests but for the promotion of American principles.

If the American people really come to a settled belief that Bush lied us into war, his presidency will be over.

I've always rebelled a little when people say, 'My Jewish values lead me to really care about the poor.' I know some Christians who care about the poor, too.

Good poetry reveals the beauty of joy and tragedy.

Your gift will unlock doors that you prayed for God to open.

An Irish queer: a fellow who prefers women to drink.

Ideas control the world.

I leave you, home, when I'm ripped from the doorstep by commerce or fate. Then I submit to the awful subway of the world.

Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it.

The Beginning of Philosophy is a Consciousness of your own Weakness and inability in necessary things.

My school days were the happiest days of my life; which should give you some indication of the misery I've endured over the past twenty-five years.

The overall effect of the GEA will be to increase unit production costs, diminish competitiveness, cut the rate of return to capital in key sectors, reduce employment, and make households worse off.

I lived to write, and wrote to live.