All politicians are to some extent salesmen.

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout 'Bang!'

Americans are overreaching; overreaching is the most admirable and most American of the many American excesses.

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.

The unpleasant sound Bush is emitting as he traipses from one conservative gathering to another is a thin, tinny "arf" - the sound of a lap dog.

Sports is a moral undertaking because it requires of participants, and it schools spectators in the appreciation of, noble things - courage, grace under pressure, sportsmanship.

A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.

A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible 'lifestyles' turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind.

Donald Trump is redundant evidence that if your net worth is high enough, your IQ can be very low and you can still intrude into American politics.

Dolphins and sharks are natural enemies. Dolphins are like, "Quit eating us, " and sharks are like, "Stop smiling all the time, you morons.

I'd sneak out of the house to meet girls at 3:30 a.m.

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

No one can break me down. I know my worth and its a beautiful thing.

To be abandoned like that! Shut out when you most need to be loved.

When my youngest daughter got married, I designed her wedding dress and I really let my imagination and energy go crazy! All the journalists seemed to love that dress.

Soap, a cleaning product, can be made from decay.

If you want to get attacked, have an opinion.

It's important though to distinguish between religion and spirituality.

It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.