The great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable.

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.

Phronesis is a beautiful virtue, practise it and you shall reap the rewards…

Getting too interested in the English way of life won't help you land a permanent job.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

I am built close to the ground and of extravagant body.

I can still see my first dog. For six years he met me at the same place after school and convoyed me home - a service he thought up himself. A boy doesn't forget that sort of association.

Fiscally, I'm very conservative. I don't believe in welfare states. I believe in giving people jobs.

Samples are kind of my instrument of choice.

Your pantry is your first line of defense against food-borne illness and things like high blood pressure and cholesterol.

If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false sentiment, I could never stay there five minutes.

Most entrepreneurs will admit luck plays a part in success.