Blessed is he who talks in circles, for he shall become a big wheel.

In polite society one laughs at all the jokes, including the ones one has heard before.

Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow.

Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.

Life is strange. Every so often a good man wins.

Preachers denounce sin as if it was available to everyone.

Blessed is he who talks in circles, for he shall become a big wheel.

The news of any politician's death should be listed under "Public Improvements."

Rome had Senators too, that's why it declined.

Nothing annoys a woman more than to have company drop in unexpectedly and find the house looking as it usually does.

Time is money, especially when you are talking to a lawyer or buying a commercial.

A conservative is a fellow who thinks a rich man should have a square deal.

It is not necessary to have enemies if you go out of your way to make friends hate you.

The way to a woman's heart is through your wallet.

Some have greatness thrust upon them, but not lately.

A liberal is a man who will give away everything he doesn't own.

The news of any politician's death should be listed under 'Public Improvements.'

Get the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.

God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since he is good, and especially to those who are faithful to him, let us hold fast to him with all our soul, our heart, our strength, and so enjoy his light and see his glory and possess the grace of supernatural joy.

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

Recreation and diversion are as necessary to our well being as the more serious pursuits of life.

The Eisenhower Memorial competition and project have stirred a remarkable polemic, the center of which is not President Eisenhower or Washington, D.C. but Mr. Gehry and the values he promulgates.

Once you get to that point when you can just be yourself and relax, I just think that you're so much happier in general.

I've got all this stuff in my head at the same time as I'm doing stuff and I don't know how to stop or slow down.

Addiction is a relationship a pathological relationship in which obsession replaces people.

If drinking is interfering with your work, you're probably a heavy drinker. If work is interfering with your drinking, you're probably an alcoholic.

Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.

Ricky Nelson... I couldn't believe it when he died. He was a great rock star.

Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.

I was able to shoot a movie like 'Tree of Life' because I had done 'Y Tu Mama Tambien.' The camera needed to capture that sense of freedom and joy and life you have when you're young.

I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to a coach. There are a lot of similarities to it.

It was 1989, and the word 'Muslim' wasn't even really used in Britain at the time; you were either black or Asian.

The only knowledge which satisfies us is one which is subject to no external standards but springs from the inner life of the personality.

The massive migration from dumb phones to smart phones is a great opportunity for young companies to take advantage of.

I've never been someone who is cast for having a lovely figure but for whatever qualities I could possibly bring to a role, so I'm still castable.

I have a hard time finding high boots that go up to your knee, because of the shape of my calves.

When I found myself in the U.S., and the war was at full swing in Bosnia, I read for survival - it was a means of thought resuscitation.

Festivals promote diversity, they bring neighbors into dialogue, they increase creativity, they offer opportunities for civic pride, they improve our general psychological well-being. In short, they make cities better places to live.

I grew up in a family that was very barbed and difficult, and there was a lot of humor. None of it was painless humor. All of it was at someone else's expense. It was kind of always about power.

People do not come to a Penn & Teller show to see a magic show. They just don't. They come to see weird stuff that they can see no place else, that will make them laugh and make the little hairs stand up on the backs of their necks.

It is impossible to read the daily press without being diverted from reality. You are full of enthusiasm for the eternal verities life is worth living and then out of sinful curiosity you open a newspaper. You are disillusioned and wrecked.