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.

Never assume the obvious is true.

Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.

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.

Writers who used to show off their erudition no longer sing in the bare ruined choir of the media.

Fear--who cares?

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.

Don't give [the audience] four; give them two plus two.

I've realized that being happy is a choice.

I am a little extrovert.

Liberal education reminds those members of a mass democracy who have ears to hear, of human greatness.

There is no cure for emphysema, but you can start treating it and have a better quality of life.

God never intended for us to rely on others for our sense of well being. Only He is equipped to provide that.

The Supreme Court gives corporations the same rights as a human being. It's absurd. You can't do that.

The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.