No one reads novels anymore. And I don't see the situation improving. People prefer video games, reality TV, and films. There are so many reasons now not to read novels.

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.

The worst of me is the raw material from which God molds the best of me.

The power within us is immeasurable strength.

A taste for ostentation is rarely associated in the same souls with a taste for honesty

One day I have to wake up and realize that you are gone.

i am not strong or weak i am exactly what the situation requires(versatile)

Optimism may sometimes be delusional, but pessimism is always delusional.

To teach in a manner that respects and cares for the souls of our students is essential if we are to provide the necessary conditions where learning can most deeply and intimately begin.

What the wise seek is in themselves

Can we remain indifferent before the problems associated with such realities as climate change?

Of course I'm naughty. I've always had to compete for attention, you see.