When anyone says to me, 'Can you keep a secret?' I say, 'Why should I, if you can't?'

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.

The revolution lasted six minutes and covered one hundred an twelve meters.

Perseverance and gratefulness makes ​hope closer to the blessing.

a lot of happiness lead a person to disappointments.

A true masterpiece does not tell everything.

I think it would be really hypocritical of me to make the films I make, where I delve into people's lives, to say that my life can't be looked at or that I have to be this pristine, isolated figure.

I think, there are people for whom freedom is a bigger, more important thing than stability.

Love, who is most beautiful among the immortal gods, the melter of limbs, overwhelms in their hearts the intelligence and wise counsel of all gods and all men.

... we never do any thing well, unless we love it for its own sake.

Not only am I constantly seeking better performance but also to be a better person, to be respected.