Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.

Quote by Steve Allen

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Nothing is better than the unintended humor of reality.

Nothing is better than the unintended humor of reality.

Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The...

Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The...

Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.

Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.

Dark energy is perhaps the biggest mystery in physics.

Dark energy is perhaps the biggest mystery in physics.

If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half...

If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half...

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual...

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual...

Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized.

Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized.

If there is a God, the phrase that must disgust him is - holy war.

If there is a God, the phrase that must disgust him is - holy war.

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual...

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual...

One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them do...

One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them do...

The problem is that once the untrained mind has made a formal commitment to a...

The problem is that once the untrained mind has made a formal commitment to a...

I used to be a heavy gambler. But now I just make mental bets. That's...

I used to be a heavy gambler. But now I just make mental bets. That's...

Radio is the theater of the mind; television is the theater of the mindless

Radio is the theater of the mind; television is the theater of the mindless

The hair is real - it's the head that's a fake.

The hair is real - it's the head that's a fake.