Because we are food for worms, lads. Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room...is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold and die.
The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read.
The spread of liberal democracy around the world is not inevitable, but it is the most likely outcome.
The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.