The political process consists entirely of politicians talking out of their butts.

The American political system is like fast food - mushy, insipid, made out of disgusting parts of things and everybody wants some.

A girl who is really pretty - whether she wraps herself in an abayah, a nun's habit, or the front hall rug - never wraps herself so that the world can't tell.

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

When Adam Smith was being incomprehensible, he didn't have the luxury of brief, snappy technical terms as a shorthand for incoherence.

Never serve oysters in a month that has no paycheck in it.

It was to be a short visit for the G-shevs. More than four days in the U.S. and Raisa's VISA card bill would shatter the fragile Soviet economy.