I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.

To create a housing shortage in a huge country, heavily wooded, with a small population -- ah, that's proof of pure political genius.

God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.

I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.

People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.

When a man tells me he's run out of steam in the sex department, I'll tell him, 'Count your blessings; you've escaped from the clutches of a cruel tyrant. Enjoy!

Love is a fever which marriage puts to bed and cures.