Los Angeles County government is a "Soviet-style system," with too many people only sort of in charge and no person sufficiently at the helm to take responsibility.

I am disappointed and disturbed by both the NFL and the Dodgers - but much more by the Dodgers.

Faith is God's work within us.

No life can surpass that of a man who quietly continues to serve God in the place where providence has placed him.

I never feel as though I'm ever, ever alone.

Well you know, it's true that as a fat person I run a greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and a number of other things. But guess what? The amount of that risk is almost infinitessimal!

An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.

It's the Democrats whose position is that the only problem in Washington, D.C., is the peasants aren't sending enough cash in for the king to spend.

That's why I get excited over new things, because I didn't have much when I was smaller and my parents could only do so much.

I don't think you can bury words. I think the more you try to dismiss them, the more power you give to them, the more circulation they have.

Nature did all things well

What I'm most pleased about is that there's no particular decline. The songs I wrote 40 years ago are no worse and no better - there's a consistency.