Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.
P. J. O'Rourke
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- I realised the bohemian life was not for me. I would look around at my friends, living like starving artists, and wonder, 'Where's the art?' They weren't doing anything. And there was so much interesting stuff to do, so much fun to be had... maybe I could even quit renting.
- You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.
- Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
- Satire doesn't effect change.