Presidential power is the power to persuade.

Drastic action can be costly, but it can be less expensive than continuing inaction.

When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion.

Apart from pleasure, beauty also kindles imagination, hope and encouragement. If beauty ceased to exist, we would, in a very real sense, cease to exist--for we would be no longer who we are.

The only other white people we saw during the three days we stayed there were a German couple intent on taking pictures of their stuffed sheep in a variety of locations around the world.

Laziness is built deep into our nature.

I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane.

Damn, but science is just a constant feed of cool new facts and theories. Theology doesn't come close.

When you think about it, most of the good ideas came along to make sin a whole lot easier.

It's so easy for me to fall back into depression. I think it comes with having money. I don't have to work. I could be sitting bored and depressed at home with a bag on my head.

After the end of the Second World War it was a categorical imperative for us to declare that we renounced war forever in a central article of the new Constitution.

Men shall look on thee and murmur to each other, "Lo! how small Was the gift, and yet how precious! Friendship 's gifts are priceless all.