People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'

People say free trade causes dislocation. In actual fact, it's the lowering of trade barriers that causes the dislocation.

They are just really stupid people in Hollywood. You write them a script, and they say they love it, they absolutely love it. Then they say, 'But doesn't it need a small dog, and an Eskimo, and shouldn't it be set in New Guinea?' And you say, 'But it is a sophisticated romantic comedy set in Paris.'

The subculture of felons is in great vogue among adolescents. Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and so forth allow us Republicans to say to America's young people, 'We be thugs.' The GOP may capture the youth vote at last.

Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.

The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.