Power is a drug on which the politicians are hooked. They buy it from the voters, using the voters' own money.

When money is seen as a solution for every problem, money itself becomes the problem.

People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.

The ghastly thing about postal strikes is that after they are over, the service returns to normal.

The seven ages of man: spills, drills, thrills, bills, ills, pills and wills.

The man who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more.

God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.

Every woman needs one man in her life who is strong and responsible. Given this security, she can proceed to do what she really wants to do-fall in love with men who are weak and irresponsible.

To create a housing shortage in a huge country, heavily wooded, with a small population -- ah, that's proof of pure political genius.

I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.

Love is a fever which marriage puts to bed and cures.

There are only two most powerful situations- being so small that you have nothing to lose and being so big that you don't care what you lose!

Recognizing the structure of your psychology doesn't mean that you can easily rebuild it.

By looking to the Source, to the Creator of nature, we can remember how to navigate life organically, with less struggle, and less suffering.

Sometimes you’re the protagonist and someone else is the hero.

When [disease] can't be stopped, that's where we become lost.

A lady never asks a gentleman to dance, or to go to supper with her.

Reading is a rendezvous with your soul.

I realized, in removing or rewriting these jokes, that often the jokes weren't done or that I was using, for me, the curse words as kind of a crutch. So then I just started writing.

Maybe the body learns from dreams. Maybe the muscles, the neutrons, revitalize.

I am sorry I couldn't complete my term as leader. It is necessary for my staff to resign ... to regain the people's trust.