The Meaning of Liff (1983)
Source: The Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement (1997), p. 165.
“Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Context: Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
“[I]n the words of Chairman Mao, 'It's darkest before it's totally black.”
In response to a reporter's question, "Which is more likely: making progress in Iraq or you winning the nomination?" (July 2007)
2000s, 2007
Source: Liasson, Mara. McCain Nearly Broke But Stays Course http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12000037. National Public Radio. July 7, 2007.
“Calling a Christian 'religious' is like calling an African-American the n-word.”
You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can't Make Him Think (2009)
From a conversational exchange with Harold Begbie, as cited in Master Workers, Begbie, Methuen & Co. (1906), p. 177.
Early career years (1898–1929)
