Bureaucracy is the only remaining contact with the dimension of the divine; its impenetrable omnipotence and very purposelessness harbors divine enjoyment.

Bureaucracy is, as the rule of no one, the modem form of despotism.

Bureaucracy is out of control — the primary function of the government is to "spew out paper."

Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible.

Distance is the soul of beauty.

Distance is the only cure for certain diseases.

Distance is nothing to the lover — Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.

Distance is, in modernity, short in terms of length and yet ever remote to us. What is vastly far away in terms of length, can be near to us. Short distance is not already nearness. Great distance is not yet remoteness.

A Drought is when it is so dry the ducks forget how to swim.

A Drought is when it is so dry the catfish are carrying canteens.

A Drought is when it is so dry the Baptists are sprinkling, the Methodists are spitting, and the Catholics are giving rain checks.