The central difficulty lies in the fact that all of the sciences have made such great progress during the last century that they have got quite beyond the reach of man

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.

I prefer the keen edge of truth to the dull comfort of lies.

I can't help thinking that somewhere in the vast universe, there has to be something better than man - Has to be.

Even though life is finite, the universe created you with infinite love. Celebrate your birthday with infinite joy and create endless memories.

I wanted to be dead. No. That's not quite right. I didn't want to be dead, I just didn't want to be alive.

Catch courage.

The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.

It's impossible to be more flat-chested than I am.

Don't you feel a change a coming From another side of time, Breaking down the walls of silence, Lifting shadows from your mind.

In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.

A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is - it is what consumers tell each other it is.