The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is its power over you.

Never assume the obvious is true.

Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.

To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own.

When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.

As long as one American is hungry... then we have unfinished business in this country.

It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.

Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

Writers who used to show off their erudition no longer sing in the bare ruined choir of the media.

One should always be in love. That's the reason one should never marry.

Well, sometimes when you say you want to be like everybody else, you're really saying that you're not.

There is no doubt in my mind when history was written, the final page will say: 'Victory was achieved by the United States of America for the good of the world.'

The great guardian principle of all conduct in the church of God is personal responsibility to the Lord.

Once you savor God's goodness, sin holds no lasting appeal.

Exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind.

I love to take baths.

I love myself...I love you. I love you...I love myself.

I think of music as fuel, its spectrum of energy governed by tempi, volume, and heart.

Instead of insight, maybe all a man gets is strength to wander for a while.