Scientists are people who build the Brooklyn Bridge and then buy it.

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.

Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out.

It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for.

I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.

It had all the earmarks of a CIA operation; the bomb killed everybody in the room except the intended target!

To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.

I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word "fair" in connection with income tax policies.

One must bear in mind that the expansion of federal activity is a form of eating for politicians.

All adventure is now reactionary.

Some of my instincts are reprehensible.

I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.

I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven't just been sitting on my ass all afternoon.

Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could.

There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.

Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich.

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence.

The majority of the senior class of Vassar does not desire my company and I must confess, having read specimens of their thought and sentiments, that I do not desire the company of the majority of the senior class of Vassar.

Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years.

It seems to me that the idea traditionally defended of endeavoring to maintain existing ethnic balances simply doesn't work any more.

Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security.

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

The more complicated and powerful the job, the more rudimentary the preparation for it.

A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'

We love your adherence to democratic principles.

Scientists are people who build the Brooklyn Bridge and then buy it.

One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat.

I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies.

The academic community has in it the biggest concentration of alarmists, cranks and extremists this side of the giggle house.

A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling.Stop

I am obliged to confess I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University.

The superstition that the hounds of truth will rout the vermin of error seems, like a fragment of Victorian lace, quaint, but too brittle to be lifted out of the showcase.

There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision.

Young people discovering their sexuality must know they walk with a strong tradition and that they are not alone. They have a right to information without being pressured.

Many are needed to plant and water what has been planted now that the faith has spread so far and there are so many people... No matter who plants or waters, God gives no harvest unless what is planted is the faith of Peter and unless he agrees to his teachings.

DJs and people in the street know what they like.

People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.

Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera.

We dominated Survivor - there is no way we would not dominate that, too. I can see it already, us making deals with people. That's the best part, and with the Race, it would be even more fun because I've got a lot of tricks up my sleeve.

I'm getting a wider circle of fans now. More women, more middle class people.

We must support initiatives that provide clear, concrete measures and milestones that our troops need for defeating the insurgency, building up Iraqi security forces, and handing over Iraq to the Iraqi people.

Yeah, that's what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries also try as hard as they can to get a medal or a gold medal in the Olympic Games. And you know, if they can work hard, we can work hard as well.

Well concerning the world records that I did, I think it helps a lot to me, yeah. I think it's a very individual thing because I heard some people say, like, oh I don't like it at all. But I definitely, for me it really made a big difference.

My goal is, of course, for this show to do well, and I would love it if people liked it.

I hate wasting people's time.

Religions get lost as people do.

I also do not like the idea of soft money, these issue ads - people don't know where the money is coming from, millions and millions of dollars outside of the control of a candidate - there's no accountability.