The ideal state for a philosopher, indeed, is celibacy tempered by polygamy.

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.

No matter how offensive she's been to me, she continues to act as if she has some sort of God-given right to keep coming back for more favors.

If a man realizes who he is, he is aware of his value

Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do: when neither innateness nor learning has prepared you for the particular situation.

Every musician I have ever heard has influenced me. I often find I emulate micro-aspects of an artist, and combine it to form something new and unique.

God reveals herself through our relationships not only to other people but also to other creatures and nature.

A person can be danced. In all continents the dancers carry little children on their shoulders.

All your quirks and all your problems - even your depressions and your failures - that’s what makes you you.

Each day, each noise I gather explodes, leaving me to death; to rest in the solace of silence & to be re-born.

When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol.

If mankind is to escape its programmed self-extinction the God who saves us will not descend from the machine: he will rise up again in the human soul.