126 Quotes by William F. Buckley, Jr.

Kennedy after all has lots of glamour - Gregory Peck with an atom bomb in his holster.

Norman Mailer decocts matters of the first philosophical magnitude from an examination of his own ordure, and I am not talking about his books.

Industry is the enemy of melancholy

If you had a European prime minister who experienced what we've experienced it would be expected that he would retire or resign,

Government can't do anything for you except in proportion as it can do something to you.

Boredom is the deadliest poison.

He [Cassius Clay] became a Black Muslim, which is a pseudo-religion for unbright neurotics who feel the need to hate all white people.

Treatment is not now available for almost half of those who would benefit from it. Yet we are willing to build more and more jails in which to isolate drug users even though at one-seventh the cost of building and maintaining jail space and pursuing, detaining, and prosecuting the drug user, we could subsidize commensurately effective medical care and psychological treatment.

Professor Galbraith is horrified by the number of Americans who have bought cars with tail fins on them, and I am horrified by the number of Americans who take seriously the proposals of Mr. Galbraith.