The verdict of a jury is the a priori opinion of that juror who smokes the worst cigars.

Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.

To the best of my knowledge and belief, the average American newspaper, even of the so-called better sort, is not only quite as bad as Upton Sinclair says it is, but 10 times worse, 10 times as ignorant, 10 times as unfair and tyrannical, 10 times as complaisant and pusillanimous, and 10 times as devious, hypocritical, disingenuous, deceitful, pharisaical, Pecksniffian, fraudulent, slippery, unscrupulous, perfidious, lewd and dishonest.

The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.

Watching two women kiss is like watching two prizefighters shake hands.

A Galileo could no more be elected president of the United States than he could be elected Pope of Rome. Both high posts are reserved for men favored by God with an extraordinary genius for swathing the bitter facts of life in bandages of self-illusion.

Those who can't teach - administrate. Those who can't administrate - go into politics.