“Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.”
Failure“Hubris is one of the great renewable resources.”
Great“Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.”
Failure“I realised the bohemian life was not for me. I would look around at my friends, living like starving artists, and wonder, 'Where's the art?' They weren't doing anything. And there was so much interesting stuff to do, so much fun to be had... maybe I could even quit renting.”
Art“Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.”
Government“Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.”
Funny“We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.”
Government“Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.”
Legal“Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.”
Funny“The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.”
Government“Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.”
Funny“The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.”
Government“There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly is one of them. But it's low on my list.”
Change“What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention.”
Government“Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult, which is that the size and scope of government, and really the size and scope of politics in our lives, has grown uncomfortable, unwieldy, intrusive and inefficient.”
Government“A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.”
Famous“Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are - these are, I would call them, more properly, political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky, because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum.”
Education“Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort.”
God“Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy.”
Government“People will tell you anything but what they do is always the truth.”
Truth“Nobody likes insurance companies, especially health insurance companies.”
Health“If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat - in other words, turn you into an adult.”
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