Warriors make wars, but it is also true that, in what has so far been an endless reproductive cycle, war makes warriors.

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

For anyone worn down, The Impossible Will Take a Little While is a bracing double cappuccino.

Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the breadwinner ethic.

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society.

There is a vast difference between positive thinking and existential courage.

No one should be incarcerated for debt or squeezed for money they have no chance of getting their hands on.

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour.

Only through a steady mind and constant faith can your desires manifest.

Things haven't always been this bad, therefore they won't always be this bad.

[Cats] are blissfully unaware that they have only a finite time in which to finish their ‘to do’ list.

Our immediate striving must be aimed at preventing what, in the present situation, is the greatest threat to the very survival of mankind, the nuclear threat.

A love relationship has always been shaped by the context and times we live in.

But sometimes the very things you fall in love with people for, become the things you like least about them, in the end.

A sense of humor is the one thing no one will admit to not having.

He could shred me so easily. A few words, a desperate look, and I was cut wide open.

We'll bring out the Elvis TV trays.