I shall give a propagandist reason for starting the war, no matter whether it is plausible or not. The victor will not be asked afterwards whether he told the truth or not. When starting and waging war it is not right that matters, but victory.

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

Prisons are built with stones of Law, brothels with bricks of Religion.

Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.

A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family.

I'd just as soon kiss a Wookie.