For true happiness, it is not enough to be successful oneself . . . one's friends must fail.

Astronauts: rotarians in outer space.

Monotheism is easily the greatest disaster to befall the human race.

I have always found men quite fathomable. They look entirely to their own interest.

If most men and women were forced to rely upon physical charm to attract lovers, their sexual lives would be not only meager but in a youth-worshiping country like America painfully brief.

In almost every case (where the United States has fought wars) our overwhelming commitment to freedom, democracy and human rights has required us to support those regimes that would deny freedom, democracy and human rights to their own people.

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