History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place.

The New York Times is the worst in that hardly anybody can write English over there. Most of it reads like slight translations from the German.

I'm not for real revolutions, because they always bring you the opposite of what you want. You very seldom get what you want if you have a violent revolution.

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.

Heaven's sakes, there's only one party which I call the Property Party. It's got two wings. One is called the "Republican" and one is called "Democratic." It is the same party so it makes no difference whether a Democrat's elected or a Republican's elected. The ownership remains the same.

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

Which other major religion is based on the Godhead incarnate being whipped, tacked to a cross, stabbed? Only the Marquis de Sade could have made up a sicker religion. It's no wonder that those brought up in such a culture hate life and enjoy inflicting pain. All societies are sick but some are sicker than others. Christian societies are certainly the sickest.