Intellectuals may like to think of themselves as people who "speak truth to power" but too often they are people who speak lies to gain power.

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.

Racism is not dead, but it is on life support -- kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as 'racists'

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

Any politician who can be elected only by turning Americans against other Americans is too dangerous to be elected.

The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help.

I have never understood why it is "greed" to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money.

Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hence, race, gender and ethnicity cannot be considered within it.

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

You can be drunk on wine.You can be drunk on success.I'm just drunk on the success of my wine.

your only barriers are what you let it be

There are enough resources in the world for everyone.

The worst food you'll ever eat will probably be prepared by a 'cook' who calls himself a 'chef.' Mark my words.

Generally there are always a few things that get left off for some reason or other, although the criteria for inclusion vary from project to project.

1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me

The morning is the best time, there are no people around. My pleasant disposition likes the world with nobody in it.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Dear Jane, Just so you know: e. e. cummings cheated on both of his wives. With prostitutes. Yours, Will Grayson

The promotion of human rights remains the most effective strategy for eliminating inequalities between countries and social groups, and for increasing security.