It is curious how, from time immemorial, man seems to have associated the idea of evil with beauty, shrunk from it with a sort of ghostly fear, while, at the same time drawn to it by force of its hypnotic attraction.
“When I hear somebody say 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?'”
“I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law.”