Rabo Karabekian: I'm in the middle of a sentence. Circe Berman: Who isn't?.

Only nut cases want to be president. This was true even in high school. Only clearly disturbed people ran for class president.

Let there be nothing harmonious about our children's playthings, lest they grow up expecting peace and order, and be eaten alive.

Take life seriously but none of the people in it.

The biggest laughs are based on the biggest disappointments and the biggest fears.

Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.

Americans... are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the vanished frontier.