Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

If we don't survive, we don't do anything else.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

It will be generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant examples.

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.

The only cultural advantage LA has over NY is that you can make a right turn on a red light.

"There was an interesting development in the CBS-Westmoreland trial: both sides agreed that after the trial, Andy Rooney would be allowed to talk to the jury for three minutes about little things that annoyed him during the trial."