The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.

The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and invests with his private vision the deeds and thoughts of men.

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and eternal punishment to buttress; you need a religion if you are terrified of death.

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.

The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country - and we haven't seen them since.

There are certain truths so true that they are practically unbelievable.

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.

There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.