The most successful column is one that causes the reader to throw down the paper in a peak of fit.

Never assume the obvious is true.

Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.

To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own.

When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.

As long as one American is hungry... then we have unfinished business in this country.

It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.

The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is its power over you.

Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

In your anger, zip your lips!

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity

Many people today don't want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing. They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety.

The CIA agent looked more dead than alive. Alex wondered if he had been hit, but there was no sign of any blood. Perhaps he was in shock.

Well I'm not a novelist. I've only written one book and that is a memoir.

Guns aren't lawful; nooses give; gas smells awful. So you might as well live.

In one word, to draw the rule from experience, one must generalize; this is a necessity that imposes itself on the most circumspect observer.

We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone.

...the pain that comes from loving someone who's in trouble can be profound.

My goal is first of all to promote a public debate about where markets serve the public good and where they don't belong. That's my first goal.