The Soviet government sprouted and grew out of the habits, the psychology, and the condition of the Russian people. It fitted them. They understand it.

The only thing worth having in an earthly existence is a sense of humor.

The politer the society, the greater the lies it requires.

We need some great failures. Especially we ever-successful Americans - conscious, intelligent, illuminating failures.

I have seen the future, and it works.

Care like hell! Sit around the bars and drink, and pose, and pretend, all you want to, but in reality, deep down underneath, care like hell.

The Soviet government sprouted and grew out of the habits, the psychology, and the condition of the Russian people. It fitted them. They understand it.