Laws are no longer made by a rational process of public discussion; they are made by a process of blackmail and intimidation, and they are executed in the same manner

Balloonists have an unsurpassed view of the scenery, but there is always the possibility that it may collide with them.

I hate sports the way people who like sports hate common sense.

Wife: one who is sorry she did it, but would undoubtedly do it again.

The function of a newspaper in a democracy is to stand as a sort of chronic opposition to the reigning quacks. The minute it begins to out-whoop them it forfeits its character and becomes ridiculous.

The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it's good-bye to the Bill of Rights.

Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.