A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.

East Germany was so total in its totalitarianism that everything was banned which wasn't compulsory.

I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now.

After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.

Not being a liberal, I have very little grasp of things that I know nothing about.

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.

If you spend seventy-two hours in a place you've never been, talking to people whose language you don't speak about social, political, and economic complexities you don't understand, and you come back as the world's biggest know-it-all, you're a reporter.