Here's to the men who lose! What though their work be e'er so nobly plann'd And watched with zealous care No glorious halo crowns their efforts grand - Contempt is Failure's share!

I'm not a car guy. The subway gets me where I need to go efficiently and cheaply, and I don't worry about traffic.

I don't want to return to the past. I don't yearn for when I was 18 years old. I was in high school then. I had acne. I had a terrible hairdo. I'm sure I was sporting polyester pants.

I went to Alabama, so I'm still very devoted to Alabama football and the SEC.

This is all about a media war that continues to rage between the old and new media. Unfortunately for our soldiers, these brave Americans are caught in the crossfire

Good rule to follow: never reward someone's incivility by giving them the headline they seek.

We're going to look awfully stupid if we give income tax relief to people who do not pay income taxes.

You have all these people in the press who are ringing their hands over fake news stories. That actually became the narratives for critics.

Today they have proven once again that the mainstream media can't print enough bad news about our troops.

I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides.

Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family.

Nature is a word, an allegory, a mold, an embossing, if you will.

If you want to live a creative life, get efficient at failing.

The first step my son which one makes in the world is the one on which depends the rest of our days.

All I can think is that when you torment a person...the soul dies. When the soul dies, I suppose mercy dies, too.

A circus is like a mother in whom one can confide and who rewards and punishes.

Son, we live in a world that has walls and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You!?

The most critical thing in a negotiation is to get inside your opponent's head and figure out what he really wants.

The novel is always pop art, and the novel is always dying. That's the only way it stays alive. It does really die. I've been thinking about that a lot.

Being a wiseass in a groupthink environment is like throwing an egg at a bulldozer.

Turn on its noiseless hinges, delicate sleep!