The critic, to interpret his artist, even to understand his artist, must be able to get into the mind of his artist; he must feel and comprehend the vast pressure of the creative passion.

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'd rather be stung to death by a bunch of piss ants. ~Synola Harper, You're Busting My Nuptials

There's no reward without work, no victory without effort, no battle won without risk.

If men could get pregnant abortion would be a sacrament.

Never let the children cry, Cause you got to tell Jah, Jah why

Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.

When you come right down to it, the secret to having it all is loving it all.

I think, often times, it's the audience that suffers when a show isn't given the opportunity to have a beginning, middle and end.

People keep trying to make me a movie star but they just don't understand. I'm not a movie star, I'm an actor.

You have no idea how expensive it is to look this cheap.

The whole stage was only for me. It was so cool.