"I roll out of my couch every..." - Quote by H L Mencken

“The State doesn't just want you to obey, it wants to make you WANT to obey.”

“Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier.”

“To the best of my knowledge and belief, the average American newspaper, even of the so-called better sort, is not only quite as bad as Upton Sinclair says it is, but 10 times worse”

“I can see in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden.”

“To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.”

“No matter what the situation may be, there is always something positive you can do about it.”

“The bottom line on attitude is that a good one helps to increase your possibilities. Pessimists usually get what they expect. So do optimists.”

“But to appear happy when I am so miserable — Oh! who can require it?”

“I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn't make it [achieve something], they want their kids to make it. It puts a lot of undue pressure on the kids.”