“With all due respect, I am against dumb.” — John Kennedy Quote

With all due respect, I am against dumb.

Perception often lags behind reality, and I can say from experience that the vast majority of public officials in Louisiana are much better than our reputation holds us to be.

When you look at how much we spend on social programs in our country, it separates us from a lot of countries. In our country, if you're hungry, we'll feed you. If you're homeless, we'll house you. If you're too poor to be sick, we'll pay for your doctor. But all of that comes at a cost.

Wall Street apparently takes and then forgets, and then comes after the guns of law-abiding American citizens and small businesses.

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.

I realized that we were all sort of conspiring, well, not conspiring against each other, but all this cloak and dagger stuff and I was like; what is this?

Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.

Put your energy into building what is creative, valuable and empowering. And you won't have to constantly fight against what is destructive and draining.