Once we recognize the power of propaganda, we need to ask whether its exercise is consistent with those democratic ideals to which lip-service is commonly accorded.

We live in a time when complex ethical questions are easily subordinated to the demands of efficiency, profit maximization, and maintenance or furthering of political power.

Anyone familiar with the marvels of the Worldwide Web can hardly fail to see that we have entered a new era in communications on a scale perhaps comparable to the invention of the Gutenberg press.

The liar wants to be believed, but lying undermines the foundation for credibility.

When we look for propaganda, we have the obvious job of asking what messages are being propagated.

When you give false information you tend to restrict the freedom of choice to others.

It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong.

There is arguably something wrong with a method of persuasion that cannot pass the test of publicity.

Since the time of Plato and Aristotle philosophers have had an interest in taking note of common fallacies in reasoning.

Propaganda analysis can contribute to world peace by exposing those techniques that lead to armed conflict by creating misapprehension of reality.

In modern times sound policy-making must often come to grips with numbers.

If you want to be wise, learn wisdom from nature.

Don’t rush

Stray cats are like two-timing men. He got tired of you and took off. He doesn't find anyone new? He'll come slinking back. By then, if you're smart, you'll have decided you're better without him.

Briefer is better, so learn to write tight

If you have a great business, if you're great at your craft people should be coming in there. It shouldn't be this secret.

I was one of the kids who sold Cokes in the stadium. It was a lot of fun being around that environment, watching games and visualizing being there when I got older.

By the time I was 9, I had the conviction that everybody in the world was an artist except plumbers or people who delivered groceries.

A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world.

You won’t be famous until people start saying the worst things they can about you. Don’t worry! It’s a good sign!

Also the fact that anything he does is seen and heard by the entire country, not just his actual audience or those who live in the region he happens to be in.