“He was relentlessly amused by humanity — in one of his most famous lines, he pointed out that ‘if you’re born in this world you’re given a ticket to the freak show. If you’re born in America, you’re given a front-row seat’ — but refused to consider himself a cynic. He preferred ‘disappointed idealist.’”
http://m.cnn.com/cnn/ne/ent/detail/129978/full
