There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character.

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.

Love begets glory, Work begets story.LOVED WORK Begets A Story of Glory!

Joie, " he said with his lips hovering over mine. "What?" I felt my heart flutter. "Shut up, " he muttered and then he kissed me.

School is a pile of crap. School has always been a pile of crap – he had just never bothered to think about it until today.

Everything you need to know about Iron Maiden is onstage.

Good fortune opens the hand as well as the heart wonderfully; and to give somewhat when we have largely received, but to afford a vent to the unusual ebullition of the sensations.

One thing the military does far better than business is train its own leaders. I can't go to IBM and hire a battalion commander. They don't have any.

Keep good relations with the Grecians.

When you see a girl like me bustin' perps, there ain't no time to be pretty.

To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth.

There, close enough to spit on--if I'd been a barbarian and inclined to spit--was the dragon.