I started to read my first book at about the age of six. I started to write a book simultaneously. Not to compete, just to augment. And that's how one starts. Or I started.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.

The unfed mind devours itself.

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

Before you're given what you want, you'll first be tested with what you don't really want.

The pain of the journey should challenge you to make change, the vision of what could be drives you forward.

The longer the explanation, the bigger the lie.... Always remember that.

Where does it stop? You get offered money for your wedding, then for your kids, new houses, holidays... We earn enough from football and sponsorships, why do you need any more?

Rightness in our choice of an end is secured by [Moral] Virtue.

When you awaken, your manhood will be taken.

As Governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards.

I want to be the strongest player in the world and score a lot of goals. To do that, I have to improve in every area.

The automobile is the most dangerous weapon in our society - cars kill more than wars do.

Women say they want a man who knows what a woman's worth. That's a pimp.