The wonderful thing about being a New York Times columnist is that it's like a Supreme Court appointment - they're stuck with you for a long time.

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.

Bushwhacked, I examine my hands. Same hands. Rings still there but no longer valid.

No job is complete until the selfie is posted.

Action without thought is mindlessness, and thought without action is hypocritical.

A shame really, because putting the right book in the right kid’s hands is kind of like giving that kid superpowers.

I haven't got anything against films that are about the minutia of relationships or customs, but I love extremes.

I have nothing to do with Russia. I have no deals there.

You're not just looking for laughs, but you're trying to do the characters first, and then the laughs come afterwards.

I think most people... would be glad to pay the same taxes they paid when Bill Clinton was president, if only they could have the same economy they had when Bill Clinton was president.

Seeing is limited by two borders: Strong light, which blinds, and total darkness.

A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion, as necessary and dangerous as file sharing, free speech, and bottled water on a plane.