“A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.”

“All power corrupts, but we need the electricity.”

“It’s harder to make something good when you can’t curse all the time.”

“Great part of being a grownup, you never have to do anything.”

“Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down.”

“The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.”

“The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one’s time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.”

“Good-bye. I am leaving because I am bored.”

“It is a curious thing… that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.”

“New York now leads the world’s great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn’t make a sudden move.”