Cynic: an idealist whose rose-colored glasses have been removed, snapped in two and stomped into the ground, immediately improving his vision

The world belongs to people with IQs of 120. Anything much greater or less amounts to a liability.

We're still just the world's premium brand of ape.

Most people perceive moderates as timid, middle-of-the-roaders, who can't take a stand.

CHILDHOOD: The rapidly shrinking interval between infancy and first arrest on a drug or weapons charge.

Cynic: an idealist whose rose-colored glasses have been removed, snapped in two and stomped into the ground, immediately improving his vision

POWER: The ability to make our fellow humans squirm, sweat and stammer on command. Often regarded as an aphrodisiac; actually a potent laxative that, whenever ingested by people in high places, causes everyone below to run for cover.