I've always thought that people always wonder why conservatives don't stick together like liberals do. You know, they kind of throw the person to the wolves.

If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.

Poverty is not the root cause of crime.

Liberals attempt through judicial activism what they cannot win at the ballot box.

We're not sexists, we're chauvinists - we're male chauvinist pigs, and we're happy to be because we think that's what men were destined to be. We think that's what women want.

End results that work that don’t involve government threaten liberals.

You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.

Styrofoam and plastic milk jugs are biodegradable! Do you know what isn't biodegradable? Paper!

I think cigars are just a tremendous addition to the enjoyment of life.

The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.

In a country of children where the option is Santa Claus or work, what wins?

In the depths of my heart I can’t help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a few exceptions, are worthless.

I have such a hopeless dream of walking or being there at night, nothing happens, I just pass, everything is unbearably over with.

We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.

Wit is an unexpected explosion of thought.

Me and music are not good friends, so I do my best to augment the music part [of my films] and come up with something worth watching.

When I was a kid, for me, the '60s seemed so far away. But I was actually born in the late '60s.

…how monstrous the people you loved could be.

To create man was a quaint and original idea, but to add the sheep was tautology.

Lo! with a little rod I did but touch the honey of romance — And must I lose a soul's inheritance?

The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of.