If you ever get to the place where injustice doesn't bother you, you're dead.

nothing like a few restful weeks contemplating the decline of civilization to restore the humors. What I did on my summer vacation was listen to a lot of people talk about the decline of practically everything - you could call it the leisure of the theory class.

As I have pointed out time and again, it's a hell of a lot cheaper to send little kids to school than it is to let them grow up into young thugs who have to be sent to prison, not to mention the savings in the wear and tear on the nerves, property, and safety of the rest of the citizenry.

I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.

Calling George Bush shallow is like calling a dwarf short.

In city rooms and in the bars where newspeople drink, you can find out what's going on. You can't find it in the papers.

Oh, hell, I can’t go on a spiritual journey—I'm constipated.