The more you can escape from how horrible things really are, the less it's going to bother you...and then, the worse things get.

Let's not be too tough on our own ignorance. It's the thing that makes America great. If America weren't incomparably ignorant, how could we have tolerated the last eight years?

Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not.

Let's not be too rough on our own ignorance, it's what makes America great.