Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.

Marijuana is self-punishing. It makes you acutely sensitive, and in this world, what worse punishment could there be?

Money is preferable to politics. It is the difference between being free to be anybody you want and to vote for anybody you want. And money is more effective than politics both in solving problems and in providing individual independence. To rid ourselves of all the trouble in the world, we need to make money. And to make money, we need to be free.

Harvard has been almost as important to the American Jewish community as the pork-sausage industry.

We are a nation that worships speed and power. And for good reason. Without power we would still be part of England and everybody would be out of work... Bicycles are too slow and impuissant for a nation like ours. They belong in Czechoslovakia.

I'm 61 years old. I'm not that fearful of the future, period. I'm not going to see that much of it.

What about snipers?" I once asked someone. He said, "Oh, most of the snipers have automatic weapon. They arent very accurate.