The Public ... demands certainties ... But there are not certainties

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

If it were left to men, there'd be nothing in the world but mating and squabbling.

Courage, will-power and confidence in your abilities will carry you to greater heights.

Not the measure of words is necessary, but their meaning.

I think real true success is when, yes, you have reached the goal, reached yours, but it's how many others you have helped along the way.

If it weren't for marriage, men and women would have to fight with total strangers.

I can't - and won't - impose my beliefs on others, either verbally or otherwise. I'm not going to judge people.

In sales, it's not what you say; it's how they perceive what you say.

LGBT youth face a much higher risk of violence and homelessness after being rejected by their family of origin.

I don’t like boys who are mean to their mommies. That’s a real turn off for me. And I don’t like boys who aren’t chivalrous. To me, not being respectful is a big deal.

A critic should always strive to recapture the sense of wonder and surprise with which he first beheld a now-familiar work of art.