The extremely tiny fraction who think regularly, accurately, creatively, and without self-delusion - in the long run, these are the only people who count.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

Jill: 'I don't pay attention to politics.' Ben: 'You should. It's barely less important than your own heart beat.' Jill: 'I don't pay attention to that, either.'

My old man taught me two things: 'Mind own business' and 'Always cut cards.'

Men are expendable; women and children are not. A tribe or a nation can lose a high percentage of its men and still pick up the pieces and go on ... as long as the women and children are saved.

If a country can't save itself through the volunteer service of its own free people, then I say : Let the damned thing go down the drain!