What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor

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.

I'm sure for that comming there was a reason, but what's going to happen with that reason and Gotham?

Nike is the uniform for kids all over the world, and African design has been killed by Nike. Africans no longer want to wear their own designs.

And if there's anything movies can do in a way that I just love, and I love as an audience is, "Show me something I don't know about. Show me something I haven't seen."

Why do I want somebody to tell me what to do, tell me what I'm doing wrong? I want to be the boss.

I love to go to the places where things happen. I like to walk the walk and see how the light falls and what winter feels like.

Comedians are a much rarer and far more valuable commodity than all the gold and precious stones in the world.

I want to stop and thank you baby, how sweet it is to be loved by you.

The main reason I want someone to read a story of mine is so they can enjoy it and feel like they got something interesting out of it.

The supposition that it was possible for any woman to be so mean-spirited as not at least to wish to tear out her rival's eyes was too hard for the digestion of the Cry.

Sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else I can think of.