I'd always somehow felt slightly as if I'd been born in the wrong country.

Haven't we all heard some irritating person saying that if so-and-so is elected, then he/she is absolutely definitely leaving the country? There must be some reason why it is mainly liberals who tend to say this, but the chief thing to note about the promise is that it is usually an empty one.

There is almost no country in Africa where it is not essential to know to which tribe, or which subgroup of which tribe, the president belongs. From this single piece of information you can trace the lines of patronage and allegiance that define the state.

If you gave [Jerry] Falwell an enema he could be buried in a matchbox.

People know when they are being lied to, they know when their rulers are absurd, they know they do not love their chains.

All of life is a wager

Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.