"The best leader is the one who has the sense to surround himself with outstanding people and self-restraint not to meddle with how they do their jobs."

"It was like passing the scene of a highway accident and being relieved to learn that nobody had been seriously injured."

"#3532. The law neither does nor requires idle acts."

"[End of diatribe. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming...]"

"There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window."

"You don't know a woman until you have received a letter from her."

"The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect."

"Since the whole affair had become one of religion, the vanquished were of course exterminated."

"Autocracy is based on the assumption that one man is wiser than a million men. Let's play that over again too. Who decides?"

"It can be shown that for any nutty theory, beyond-the-fringe political view, or strange religion there exists a proponent on the Net. The proof is left as an exercise for your kill-file."

"What you see is what you get."

"The two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a big fat white guy who is threatened by change."