A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.

We Americans are the most lavish and showiest and most luxury loving people on the earth; and at our masthead we fly one true and honest symbol, the gaudiest flag the world has ever seen.

Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.

Italy is the home of art and swindling; home of religion and moral rottenness

Man has been here 32,000 years. That it took a hundred million years to prepare the world for him is proof that that is what it was done for. I suppose it is, I dunno. If The Eiffel Tower were now to represent the world's age, the skin of paint on the pinnacle knob at its summit would represent man's share of that age; and anybody would perceive that the skin was what the tower was built for. I reckon they would, I dunno.

When one's character begins to fall under suspicion and disfavor, how swift, then, is the work of disintegration and destruction.

Be good and you will be lonely.