Writers who used to show off their erudition no longer sing in the bare ruined choir of the media.

Never assume the obvious is true.

Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.

To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own.

When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.

As long as one American is hungry... then we have unfinished business in this country.

It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.

The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is its power over you.

Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

Love affords you these three things: smiles, hugs, and kisses. Joy affords you these three things: pleasure, laughter, and good memories.

If eyes are windows to the soul, then tears are heavens rain.

Black is not a vice. Nor is segregation a virtue.

Despair doth strike as deep a furrow in the brain as mischief or remorse.

To me, it's a very moral film. If my son were a teenager now, I would drag him to see it.

People do want to know the personal things. How far is too far to go with personal lives?

It is a fact that all the ballet's fundamental dance steps are derived from the folk dances of Western Europe.

I love to dance to Robyn, Nicki Minaj and Boney M.

I'm a smoker, my name is Snoop Dogg, and I'm a stoner.