The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.

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.

The shores safety keeps many from the oceans treasures.

We are all copy cats. The only original 'thing' is God, And "him", hell, most of us know as little as we know cats.

A developed India by 2020, or even earlier, is not a dream. It need not be a mere vision in the minds of many Indians. It is a mission we can all take up - and succeed.

A broken heart is a monument to a love that will never die; fulfillment is a monument to a love that is already on its deathbed.

It's true though: time moves in its own special way in the middle of the night," the bartender says, loudly striking a book match and lighting a cigarette. "You can't fight it.

Free, open love I have looked upon as dog's love. Secret love is, besides, cowardly.

Women are wearing tight and sexy clothes again. It is the body-conscious mentality, and women are revealing every bulge.

Some people are born great and some have greatness thrust upon them

These are the times, the times of our own, these are the shapes the world we formed.

You can't, or you shouldn't, be nominated for an Oscar unless you've turned in a performance that's special.