The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to pass, and then their fraudulence is apparent for all to see. We need a kingdom of heaven in Heaven, if only because it can't be…

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He was not only a bore; he bored for England.

He was not only a bore; he bored for England.

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate...

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate...

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up...

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I...

It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I...

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me.

How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me.