It takes some skill to spoil a breakfast - even the English can't do it.

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence.

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

But there is merit even in the mentally retarded legislator. He asks the questions that everyone is afraid to ask for fear of seeming simple.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

If all else fails immortality can always be assured by adequate error.

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.

Simple minds, presumably, are the easiest to manage.

Every corner of the public psyche is canvassed by some of the most talented citizens to see if the desire for some merchandisable product can be cultivated.

I could almost hear the characters inside, murmuring and jostling, impatient for me to open the cover and let them out.

Strange dreams are better than no dreams at all.

And I would try and walk far enough away that people would not assume I was with him.

That thing in you that you think is a demon is actually a bodyguard that's run amok

Successful people are not people without problems. They are people who have learned to solve their problems.

Never dig up in unbelief what you have sown in faith.

Every dancer lives on the threshold of chucking it.

I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.

I wrote 'The Zombie Survival Guide' because I wanted to read it, and nobody else was writing it. All I've been doing with everything I've written is answering questions that I had.

The Democrats were losing elections everywhere, except when Obama was on the ballot - and that is the racial component.