“It is important to bear in mind that political campaigns are designed by the same people who sell toothpaste and cars.”

“Open the hood of a car and it will tell you something about the people who designed it, is just one of many phrases I’m tortured by.”

“She would smile and show no surprise, convinced as she was, the same as I, that casual meetings are apt to be just the opposite, and that people who make dates are the same kind who need lines on their writing paper, or who always squeeze up from the bottom on a tube of toothpaste.”

“A brick could be used like a used car salesman uses people. I know, because I used to sell cars. Well, technically I got fired precisely because I didn’t sell any cars.
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“One of the hallmarks of our politics now is that we tend to elect those who can campaign over those who can lead;”

“you're a product just as much. a product of a product. the people who design cars, they're products, your teachers, products. the minister in your church, another product.”