Imagine a weight-loss program at the end of which, instead of better health, good looks, and hot romantic prospects, you die. Somalia had become just this kind of spa.

There's nothing more oily and cynical in politics than telling the truth.

It's better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money.

The Middle Eastern states aren't nations; they're quarrels with borders.

Whereas Rolling Stone, I just never had anything to do with them. I'd stop by the office maybe twice a year.

Who, other than a crazy person, does anything besides hang up on a robo-call? Any call, any person, anywhere, under any circumstances.

Collectivism doesn't work because it's based on a faulty economic premise. There is no such thing as a person's "fair share" of wealth. The gross national product is not a pizza that must be carefully divided because if I get too many slices, you have to eat the box. The economy is expandable and, in any practical sense, limitless.