Vitriolic really is personal. I am vitriolic. I am savage.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.

The unfed mind devours itself.

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

I don't want Sydney ever to feel like my second choice, when I know in my heart that she's the right choice. The only choice.

Today let's give thanks for life. For life itself. For simply being born!

Five years from now on the Web for free you’ll be able to find the best lectures in the world. It will be better than any single university.

I'll admit it, the Holocaust was definitely a bad thing, but do we really need Jewish people around? They have big noses. I said it! I said it!

Old religious factions are volcanoes burned out; on the lava and ashes and squalid scoriae of old eruptions grow the peaceful olive, the cheering vine and the sustaining corn.

There's something exciting about being afraid.

Science fiction shows are traditionally about the gimmick or the gadget and tend to be emotionally cool to the touch.

The music business is not a good place for people who don't know things.

The two things that matter are the desire, and being healthy enough to do it. Everything else to me is a non-issue.

There's plenty of fire in the coldest flint!