No matter how deeply you distrust the government's judgment, you are too trusting.

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout 'Bang!'

Americans are overreaching; overreaching is the most admirable and most American of the many American excesses.

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.

The unpleasant sound Bush is emitting as he traipses from one conservative gathering to another is a thin, tinny "arf" - the sound of a lap dog.

Sports is a moral undertaking because it requires of participants, and it schools spectators in the appreciation of, noble things - courage, grace under pressure, sportsmanship.

A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.

A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible 'lifestyles' turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind.

Donald Trump is redundant evidence that if your net worth is high enough, your IQ can be very low and you can still intrude into American politics.

Perhaps it is always summer, in the place where we are young.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general for God knows best what is good for us.

I have the curse of thinking funny!

The zeal of atheists is the most admirable thing about them.

I want to write a best-selling book.

The root of all evil isn't money; rather, it's not having enough money.

When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable If I have not an excellent library.

When you’ve done everything you can to train yourself for competition, you’ll sleep well when the tournament is over, win or lose.

Sleep 'til you're hungry, eat 'til you're sleepy.