One moment of incompetence can be fatal.

There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengeance, never a hostage, nor a fortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences.

I feel sorry for people who do not drink. When they wake up in the morning it is as good as they are going to feel all day.

I went off to college planning to major in math or philosophy-- of course, both those ideas are really the same idea.

Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read.

The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.