"It may be argued that peoples for..." - Quote by Aristotle

“The specific excellence of verbal expression in poetry is to be clear without being low.”

“A very populous city can rarely, if ever, be well governed.”

“All teaching and all intellectual learning come about from already existing knowledge.”

“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways: the point, however, is to change it.”

“What makes philosophy so tedious is not the profundity of philosophers, but their lack of art; they are like physicians who soughtto cure a slight hyperacidity by prescribing a carload of burned oyster-shells.”

“Stand-up is an art but since it's humor and it's funny - a lot of guys that don't think it's art are probably coming from the angle that they don't want to take it so seriously. I've always looked at it as an art but I don't look at it as a pretentious art. I understand it has to be taken lightly because it is just comedy in the end, but the good stand-up comics are someone with something to say.”

“All I know is just what I read in the Congressional Record. They have had some awful funny articles in there lately. As our government deteriorates, our humor increases.”

“We will send ships and Marines as soon as possible for the protection of American life and property.”

“This thing about getting rid of a man in the Cabinet is all right, but there is one bad feature to it that few people realize. That is, that unfortunately every one of them is replaced by someone else. If it wasn't for that, this resignation business would be great.”