"Calvin [Trillin] was much more of a mover and a shaker. That's all I'm saying. I was a "weenie." That was another term back then."

“It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.”

“If you kill enough of them, they stop fighting.”

“I'm bringing what I've always wanted: film quality work on television. That's the way it should be.”

“Anything that's done to address unemployment in terms of massive stimulus spending is going to exacerbate deficits. And anything that's done to address deficits in the short-term is going to exacerbate unemployment”

“I started growing roses. I enjoyed the craft of it and that they're difficult to look after; they can provide joy.”

“With just about every player in Australia, his whole goal and ambition is to play for Australia. That's why they're playing first class cricket. It's just a different attitude.”

“When the mind grasps the universe, the senses retreat.”

Source : "The Prajna-sutras: Aphorisms of Intuition". Book by Subhash Kak, 2007.

“The man upstairs is pushing the buttons, and if your name happens to be on that button, well, thank you.”