Decisions are always made with insufficient information. If you really knew what was going on, the decision would make itself.

Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects.

It can provide horrendous weapons to idiots.

An optimist is somebody who thinks our various political and social systems, schools and churches, support groups and Boy Scout troops, jury trials and congressional committees, are on the up-and-up. That they are intended for the benefit of the members. The reality is that they are designed to keep everyone in line.

Katie commented that Americans had lost the ability to enjoy themselves. "We watch television," Dave said.

The secret to a successful career in virtually any field is good public relations. Forget results. Forget the facts. Perception is all that matters.

The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders.