Tides are like politics. They come and go with a great deal of fuss and noise, but inevitably they leave the beach just as they found it. On those fe….

Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines..

Lies hold civilization together. If people ever seriously begin telling each other what they really think, there'd be no peace. Good-bye to tact. Goo….

Katie commented that Americans had lost the ability to enjoy themselves. "We watch television," Dave said..

The term congressional hearing is an oxymoron. No congressional hearing is ever called to gather information. Rather, it is an exercise designed stri….

If you want creative and successful children, resign yourself to jousting with rebels..

Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects..

The real problem has to do with the inability by people to admit that a position they've held a long time might be wrong. That's all. Not that it is.….

Intelligence is like pornography. I can't define it, but I know if when I see it..

So we have progressed to the point where we can move politicians around faster than light. I'm not sure I see the advantage..

All of the important things ... will turn out to be universally shared. It's why there will be no true aliens..

Technological civilizations don't last long. You're all right until you get a printing press. Then a race starts between technology and common sense.….

There'd been studies over the years supporting the proposition that groups composed exclusively of women usually made intelligent decisions, that exc….

Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters..

Sometimes the cost of integrity is the loss of a friend..

There's not much to be said for sightseeing. You go somewhere that has a waterfall. You have a beer, watch the water go over the edge, and move on. T….

If you're paying attention to your wardrobe, Rudy believed, your mind isn't sufficiently occupied..

We could never know who we truly were until we heard the whispers of the stars..

Truth, beaten down, may well rise again. But there's a reason it gets beaten down. Usually, we don't like it very much..

So long as men and women are free, no one is safe. People will be in danger because others can't operate vehicles responsibly or shoot straight. Beca….

It can provide horrendous weapons to idiots..