Money buys access; access buys influence.

The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.

The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it.

Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversations.

The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and "mangled mind" leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits.

People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs. People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.

The pain of loss, moreover, however agonizing, however haunting in memory, quiets imperceptibly into acceptance as the currents of active living and of fresh emotions flow over it.

It takes two to write a letter as much as it takes two to make a quarrel.

[On newspapers:] A first draft of history.

The Republicans’ plan is that if they can’t buy the 2012 election they will steal it.

God performs wonders beyond description.

Good character keeps good brand safely. Bad character destroys hard earned brands.

She'd barely covered up her long, tan legs in a pair of shorts that made me want to go to church on Sunday just to thank God for creating her. - Beau

From time to time I think I made some errors in judgment, but I have some really fashionable friends and I feel I've cultivated my own sense of style and what I feel comfortable with over the years.

The stage of the development of the productive forces determines the political and ideological superstructure of society which are crystallized into a system of social organization.

My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety.

German militarism and Nazism have devastated twice in our generation the lands of German neighbors.

He doesn't think. He just does. A nonthinking doer.

Begin where you are. Don't wait for someone else to change things for you. Do it yourself

Silly boy, you got so much to live for, so much to aim for, so much to try for.