Women hold up half the sky.
Stand-up comedy seems like a terrifying thing. Objectively. Before anyone has done it, it seems like one of the most frightening things you could conceive, and there's just no shortcut - you just have to do it.
When you're dealing with serious subjects, there is a pressure to be absolutely sure that you know what you're doing.
Congratulations, Congress! 77% disapproval rating! You may be about to become the English language's most offensive C-word.
The only thing I'm nervous about is talking to guests like human beings, because all of my interviews so far have been attacking people. I have a genuine concern about sitting across from an actor whose movies I obviously haven't seen.
You're sonically racist, Americans. You think we all sound the same, whereas I have definitely a mongrel accent.
I think Americans still can't help but respond to the natural authority of this voice. Deep down they long to be told what to do by a British accent. That's why so many infomercials have British people.
A tiny portion of the population controls the lions share of the wealth and most of the command positions of state, manufacturing, banking, investment, publishing, higher education, philanthropy, and media. . . these individuals exercise a preponderant influence over what is passed off as public information and democratic discourse.
Common law is common right.
A creature revolting against a creator is revolting against the source of his own powers-including even his power to revolt. . . It is like the scent of a flower trying to destroy the flower.
Come to the sunset tree! The day is past and gone; The woodman's axe lies free, And the reaper's work is done.