If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?

The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom.

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.

A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.

The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Never knock on Death's door: ring the bell and run away! Death really hates that!

Partying is such sweet sorrow.

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.

Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.

We can have facts without thinking but we cannot have thinking without facts.

My Grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle.

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them.

I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them.