“If I were in their place, I’d fall over myself.”

“I am neither virgin nor priest enough to play with the inner life.”

“Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.”

“Foolish men always believe that a little knowledge will give them control over the world, but it is no more than a display of their vanity.”

“The Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this country was founded by religious nuts with guns. Who does Bill Clinton think stepped ashore on Plymouth Rock?”

“Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit. A politician is anyone who asks individuals to surrender part of their liberty - their power and privilege - to State, Masses, Mankind, Planet Earth, or whatever. This state, those masses, that mankind, and the planet will then be run by . . . politicians.”

“Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.”