Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

The Democrats have pretty much given up on the white working class. That would require a commitment to economic issues, and that's not their concern.

A consumer doesn't take anything away: he doesn't actually consume anything. Giving the same thing to a thousand consumers is not really any more expensive than giving it to just one.

I didn't used to wear a watch. Now I have a SPOT watch, which I wear all the time.

I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of technology that I've ever seen is called television - but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent.