Why administrators are respected and schoolteachers are not: An administrator is paid a lot for doing very little, while a teacher is paid very little for doing a lot.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

We live in a society in which it is normal to be sick; and sick to be abnormal.

If there's anyone still present whom I've failed to insult . . . I apologize.

How long does it take to write a good book? All of the years that you've lived.

Most of the literary classics are worth reading, if you've nothing better to do.

A good philosopher is one who does not take ideas seriously.