I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
[T]here seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously-after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important. . . so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth.
Don't tell me violence doesn't solve anything. Look at Carthage.
It is better to copulate than never.
You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, (cont. Specialization is for insects.
Don't let anyone tell you that great things can't happen in America. . . Barriers can come down. Justice and equality can win.
I spent the first half of my career learning what to put into my work, and the second half learning what to leave out.
Of course love is never earned. It is a grace we give one another. Anything we need to earn is only approval.
Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.