Poverty" Pitt exclaimed "is no disgrace but it is damned annoying." In the contemporary United States it is not annoying but it is a disgrace.

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.

Words whipped around me, faster than I could catch 'em.

She put her hands on her hips. "You're not human." "Neither are you." "I beg your pardon?" "Ethereal comes to mind.

My whole family is missing that sports gene. I hope I didn't screw that up by marrying a great golfer.

Sometimes, when I was really loaded, I'd sit on the floor and sort out every nut and bolt in the house. It was just sheer insanity. And often there'd be speed in the cut, so I was a speed freak, too.

Should not the Society of Indexers be known as Indexers, Society of, The?

I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure.

We should not permit prayer to be taken out of the schools; that's the only way most of us got through.

Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away.

Take the tale in your teeth, then, and bite till the blood runs, hoping it's not poison.

Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are.