Radio was so important to everybody back then; there was no TV. Columbia Square was the epitome of radio. Everything was modern. It was beautiful.

The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence, and obsolescence.

Yes, I backed the hula hoop. And I had a lot of other people come to me with ideas that turned out well

Kids do say the darndest things

Children have an unerring instinct for knowing when they are being patronized. They go immediately on the defensive against head-patting adults who treat them like strange beings.

No one can keep from aging, but there is no need to grow old.

I stand fearlessly for small dogs, the American Flag, motherhood and the Bible. That's why people love me.

If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least 10 times.

If you don't go far enough back in memory or far enough ahead in hope, your future will be impoverished.

I've learned it's always better to have a small percentage of a big success, than a hundred percent of nothing.

Diplomacy - the art of jumping into trouble without making a splash.

punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am

The things you should value most in this life are NOT things.

Who controls the issuance of money controls the government!

I have a pickup truck. And I prefer to be with dogs or on my sailboat than in a car - actually, more than any other place on Earth.

Never burn your bridges till you come to them.

Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.

Legislators need to support privacy to establish consumer confidence.

Virtue is about wanting right and good things, not about being particularly good at thinking.

In its power, clarity and shear beauty, Mack Bailey's voice reminds me of no one more than my friend, the late John Denver. I love to hear this man sing.

Though justice be thy plea consider this, that in the course of justice none of us should see salvation.