Life within the Kremlin was shrouded in impenetrable secrecy.

There is no shortcut to life. To the end of our days, life is a lesson imperfectly learned.

The newspaper is a marvelous medium. It is extraordinarily convenient and cheap. Let's see. This one cost 75 cents. Now that's a little high. I bought it when I was downtown this morning.

My favorite word is 'pumpkin.' You can't take it seriously. But you can't ignore it, either. It takes ahold of your head and that's it. You are a pumpkin. Or you are not. I am.

Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because they won't get it later on.

Why can't a state that launches cosmonauts into space provide enough eggs and milk for its city children during the winter months?

I think that it is a great achievement to put a person on the moon. But to put a person on the earth-that is even more.

I wouldn't write any kind of book without a contract and an advance. You can't invest that amount of time and effort without one.

By the way, I understand that now you can have the Times delivered to your door here in the Twin Cities.

Here, class attendance is expected and students are required to take notes, which they are tested on. What is missing, it seems to me, is the use of knowledge, the practical training.

Amish recognize each others' horse like we do our friends' car.

There is no greater isolation a man may experience than to be lonely in a crowd.

Lazy thinking is not creative or productive.

Unlike my grandfather or my brother, I've actually been able to make some money at a racetrack.

It's one thing to tell a front man to drop off and fill in the hole behind, but if they don't know why they are doing it, it is not an easy thing to teach. But Rooney's just got it.

If you have managers reporting to managers in a startup, you will fail.

I mistrust total competence. I've always felt life is a series of small disasters we try to get through.

When the physical organism breaks up, the soul survives. It then takes on another body.

Follow your dream as long as you live, do not lessen the time of following desire, for wasting time is an abomination of the spirit.

Playing acoustic and line drawings are the two things I'm most competent at.