The suppression of civil liberties is too many less a matter for horror than the curtailment of the freedom to profit.

Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier.

The ultimate cynicism is to suspend judgment so that you are not judged.

Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow.

certain kinds of people become Republicans and certain kinds of people become Democrats, and ... it's more than a matter of party affiliation. It's a way of thinking and being.

The New York voice reflects its diversity, its foreignness, and, inevitably, the sense of superiority New Yorkers feel or come to feel. It says, without saying, We Know.

The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.