If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women.

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If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby...

If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby...

A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct...

A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what...

I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if...

I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if...

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her...

To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her...

You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a...

You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a...

I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to...

I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how...

I've got a very poor sense of direction. I keep forgetting which way is forwards.

I've got a very poor sense of direction. I keep forgetting which way is forwards.

Pol Pot - he rounded up anybody he thought was intellectual and had them executed....

Pol Pot - he rounded up anybody he thought was intellectual and had them executed....

The toilets at a local police station have been stolen. Police say they have nothing...

The toilets at a local police station have been stolen. Police say they have nothing...

Warning: Humor may be hazardous to your illness...

Warning: Humor may be hazardous to your illness...

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

Mr. Right's coming.. but he's in Africa and he's walking!

Mr. Right's coming.. but he's in Africa and he's walking!

I've risen from the dead. Though sometimes, when I wake up in the morning, I...

I've risen from the dead. Though sometimes, when I wake up in the morning, I...

It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which...

It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which...

I am definitely not scared of Mike Tyson. I am at the top of the...

I am definitely not scared of Mike Tyson. I am at the top of the...

Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.

Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.

The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep...

The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep...

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.