A speech is entertaining only when serenely detached from all information.

Silence is the best substitute for brains ever invented.

Politics is like roller skating. You go partly where you want to go, and partly where the damn things take you.

It is still an open question as to whether mankind or insects shall ultimately inherit the earth. It is my opinion that mankind ... has about a 50-50 chance...

I could throw 56-pound words clear across the Grand Canyon. As a matter of course, I went into politics.

When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget.

No man is fit to be a Senator...unless he is willing to surrender his political life for great principle.

Education is a lifetime assignment & terminates when you do.

having patience always gives you what you deserve.

Being in Harry Potter is like being in the Mafia. Once you are in, you are never really out.

Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.

But to the world no bugbear is so great, As want of figure and a small estate.

I just said to myself, She's just like you, you know, she can be nervous

I knew I was having a panic attack. I hadn't had one in a while, though, and I'd forgotton how they made everything like it- and I- was going to fall apart. How they reminded me of how trapped I was.

Don't confuse visibility with credibility.

You only get a short life, so take chances.

I know there are parents who are very structured and organized and are certainly far more together than I am, it's just not me.