My plans are still in embryo, a town on the edge of wishful thinking.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well I have others.

If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

[He] may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don't let that fool you: he really is an idiot.

The most and best of us depend on others

When things in the country are in the pits, start a war with somebody.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

I have this amazing life.

Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.

I change too quickly: my today refutes my yesterday. When I ascend I often jump over steps, and no step forgives me that.

With my feelings, I hold a lot in, because I didn't always have boundaries and people would take advantage of situations because I'm a nice guy.

No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.

History at its best is a gritty, dirty business.

As a black person I am no stranger to prejudice. But the truth is that in the political world I have been far more often discriminated against because I am a woman than because I am black.