Nothing is durable, I think anybody who thinks sex is durable is going to have a lot of grief.

Americans are not only a less homogenous population than we were when we were 3 million ex-colonists, but we're less educated. On top of that, we have constant misinformation and manipulation by media.

You can only have a war with another country. You can't have a war with bad temper or a war against paranoids.

Always a godfather, never a god.

anyone who sings about love and harmony and life [john lennon] is dangerous to someone who sings about death and killing and subduing [Nixon]

I suppose that one is always tempted to challenge those who think that they and they alone possess the truth or the way or the key to the mystery.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.