People say history was written by the winners. No, it wasn't. It was written by the bullies.

I think Helen of Troy must have been pretty hot. She got two countries going crazy for 10 years over her.

You can’t make everybody laugh. You gotta just do what you think is funny. Just be obstreperous to everybody.

I know nowadays the common wisdom is to celebrate diversity as long as you don't point out that people are different.

I'm just another guy who thinks he's smarter than he is, in a long line of them.

The ancient Greeks were the first ones to say an unexamined life is not worth living. They don't tell you of course what we found out, an examined life not that fascinating either.

The earth is a used Kleenex on the universe's nightstand.

Twitter is one of those dangerous toys that if it gets in the hands of the wrong person you'll have the mind of a 12-year-old masquerading as an adult.

So instead of talking about theoretical ways of ending the war and violence, I say that we have to get rid of the individual asholes in each office and situation.

People say history is boring, and that is true because people are boring. We haven't changed since time began. We're still the same.

I get the impression the English kings were witty, for some reason. I feel like all you had was your wit.

All dreams continue in the beyond.

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Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic...

National pride is the culmination of a lifetime public relations campaign of psychological mind-control techniques.

I'm not responsible enough to have a dog - or a child.

Fasting (is) for the maintainance and firmness of your sincerity.

Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change the world again.

Sonny Liston stood up to me and actually made me give ground. No one has ever done that to me before or since.

Being a good observer is a great tool to have as a writer, just taking the world in.

When delivering something like an important letter or other written materials, grasp it firmly in your hand as you go and do not release it once, but hand it over directly to the recipient.