With the coming of television, and the knowledge of how it could be used to seduce voters, the old political values disappeared. Something new, murky, undefined started to rise from the mists.

Americans have never quite digested television. The mystique which should fade grows stronger. We make celebrities not only of the men who cause events but of the men who read reports of them aloud.

The citizen does not so much vote for a candidate as make a psychological purchase of him.

We forgave, followed and accepted because we liked the way he looked. And he had a pretty wife. Camelot was fun, even for the peasants, as long as it was televised to their huts.

Politics, in a sense, has always been a con game.

Remember that the three words that kills learning are "I already know".

I chose Real Madrid instead of Barcelona because I'm a winner, not a loser

Where´s my leadin´ lady? Let me try this new love scene on you, baby.

Being alive is gardening and cooking and birds and green and blue, at the very least.

The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.

I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.

It is not only that there is no hiding place for the gods from the searching telescope and microscope; there is no such society any more as the gods once supported.

Certainly, it seems true enough that there's a good deal of irony in the world... I mean, if you live in a world full of politicians and advertising, there's obviously a lot of deception.

Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

I have one small drop of knowing in my soul. Let it dissolve in your ocean.