Microeconomics is about money you don't have, and macroeconomics is about money the government is out of.

Finland is a rich country. What have they got? They got Nokia phones and plywood. How'd they get so rich? Because they're free.

The idea of a news broadcast once was to find someone with information and broadcast it. The idea now is to find someone with ignorance and spread it around.

I was managing editor for a while [in National Lampoon ], and it does cause business problems when your circulation goes up.

There isn't much room for an outsider point of view in print any more.

Politicians are always interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.

A politician who commends himself as 'caring' and 'sensitive' because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to do good with other peoples' money.