The complexity of economics can be calculated mathematically. Write out the algebraic equation that is the human heart and multiply each unknown by the population of the world.

Coffee and cigarettes are much better if you want an instant breakfast.

You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.

And, by the way, how come all the people who were so in favor of unilateral nuclear disarmament are so opposed to unilateral protection against nukes?

One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license.

Never fight an inanimate object.

Politics should be limited in scope to ware, protection of property, and the occasional precautionary beheading of a member of the ruling class.