Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.

Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.

The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character.

The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.

We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.

Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out.

Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out.

Never assume, for it makes an ASS out of U and ME.

Never assume, for it makes an ASS out of U and ME.

Pro football gave me a good perspective. When I entered the political arena, I had already been booed, cheered, cut, read more

Pro football gave me a good perspective. When I entered the political arena, I had already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded, and hung in effigy.

There is such a thing as moderation, even in telling the truth.

There is such a thing as moderation, even in telling the truth.

The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, read more

The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.