It is ironic that a nation that has never experienced a coup d'etat should be so obsessed with the idea of conspiracy.

Who gives a damn about being remembered? That's really for amateurs.

Rome ... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor while the Praetorian Guard ruled.

CO₂ emissions anywhere threaten civilisation everywhere.

A huge number of Americans still believe that Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9/11. You have a people that don't know anything about the rest of the world, and you have leaders who lie to them, lie to them, and lie to them.

The malady of civilized man is his knowledge of death. The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and invests with his private vision the deeds and thoughts of men. The creation of a work of art, like an act of love, is our one small 'yes' at the center of a vast 'no'.

As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.