You learn almost as much about a thinker from what he reads—in particular, what he likes and what he disdains—as from what he writes himself.

If you use the term 'over-exaggerate,' you know the definition neither of 'exaggerate' nor of 'over.

Guantánamo Bay's motto: 'Safe, humane, legal, transparent detention.' Four adjectives describing one sick joke.

You don't know how shallow you are, or how narcissistic, until you acquire a facial scar. On the plus side, it's so situated as to make me look tough and worldly. On the downside, I'm never kissing my dog again.

I don't often agree with me either; there's much, in fact, with which I disagree. But that's probably because I'm so dashed ingenious that I haven't a clue what I'm saying.