It's much better to have your arguments dismissed because you might be joking than to have your arguments dismissed because you're not telling the truth.

Worshiping the earth is more fun than going to church. It's also closer.

I like to take things that are boring-but-important and try to make them interesting. That was definitely what I was after with Eat The Rich.

The government is huge, stupid, greedy and makes nosy, officious and dangerous intrusions into the smallest corners of life - this much we can stand. But the real problem is that government is boring. We could cure or mitigate the other ills Washington visits on us if we could only bring ourselves to pay attention to Washington itself. But we cannot.

It is easy to understand why the cat has eclipsed the dog as modern America's favorite pet. People like pets to possess the same qualities they do. Cats are irresponsible and recognize no authority, yet are completely dependent on others for their material needs. Cats cannot be made to do anything useful. Cats are mean for the fun of it. In fact, cats possess so many of the same qualities as people that it is often hard to tell the people and the cats apart.

Politics doesn't work. Look at the parts of America where government has had the most power, where government has spent the most money. Look at the housing projects we've got the poor people in.

From National Lampoon, you go directly to Saturday Night Live, because it's a lot of the same people.