Fritz Mondale is not some synthetic Masked Marvel or Mystery Man. He is not made of silicon and micro-chip flakes. He is made of flesh and blood and brains.

We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end.

If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.

The usefulness of a meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance.

Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?

To hear the Japanese plead for free trade is like hearing the word love on the lips of a harlot.

The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.

The only way to convert a heathen is to travel into the jungle.

The plain truth is that labor is the chief representative force that keeps the real special interests from dominating American political life.

My pappy told me never to bet my bladder against a brewery or get into an argument with people who buy ink by the barrel.

The usefulness of any meeting is inversely proportional to the size of the group.

Staring at the blue sky causes insomnia to occur in the human

If a team lives up to its role as favorite, it will have earned the World Cup. By the way, Adidas grew by about 30 percent in Brazil even without sponsoring the national team.

It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word "human" is "sympathetic." More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.

Fear only has as much power as we give it space.

All of our political parties are bought and paid for by corporate America, Wall Street, and the wealthy interests. The Republican Party more so, but the Democrats take their share of the loot, too.

The short story is still like the novel's wayward younger brother, we know that it's not respectable - but I think that can also add to the glory of it.

Damaged people gravitate towards damaged people.

Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better.

Normally I'm not like a big TV person. I never use my DVR.

The professorial dictum has always been to write what you know, but I say write what you don't know and find something out. And it works.