What the meaning of human life may be I don't know: I incline to suspect that it has none.

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.

A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.

I guess I'm just courtly until people get in my way. You'll find most Southerners are like that.

I have a love of baseball and a love of music.

Romans 6 - Our flesh is the instrument that Satan works through. When we say no to the flesh, we say no to the devil.

Nearly every understanding is gained by a painful struggle in which belief and unbelief are dramatically interwoven.

I entreat fresh visions from the painters. Be lavish with your vermilion to portray the mountains in the spring.

I hate the sin, but I love the sinner.

Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? The Lion or the Mouse? Poppy or the Snake?

We don't put the same amount of money in each stock.