"As usual, I'm overstating the case to knock a few neurons loose, but the truth is usually somewhere in the muddle, uh, middle."

"The landed men are the true owners of our political vessel, the moneyed men are no more than passengers in it."

"True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self; but the point is not only to get out — …"

"I was looking at my furniture, not as the utilitarian who has to sit on chairs, to write at desks and table…"

"You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said,…"

"There is a power in public opinion in this country- and I thank God for it: for it is the most honest and b…"

"Television is not the truth. Television is a goddamned amusement park. Television is a circus, a carnival, …"