Slowly, all the days became Saturdays, full of more sunlight than I could remember seeing in a long time.

I was 8, 569 miles away, 37 butt-numbing hours of travel across seven time zones in the last two days, or was it three? Amelia Earhart, eat your heart out.

Toilet paper was either bleached white or unbleached gray, yet there were more than a dozen kinds of ketchup and about 30 brands of cookies. I approved of their priorities.

There I was, poised on the edge of the high diving board of life, and the pool kept moving around.

In life we are always getting ready to live, but we are forgetting to live in the process.

I may never fly—in the bird sort of way. But I do have wings.

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.

Don't be sad, don't be angry, if life deceives you! Submit to your grief - your time for joy will come, believe me.

I like to be called a Nigerian rather than somebody from the Third World or the developing or whatever.

I like the Beatles, of course, but that's when I grew up.

Of course, we all know what UFC stands for - Undefeated Floyd's Champion

I have a very strong visual memory of the first time I made him laugh. That was remarkable. I was like, "Oh, God, I just made Jack Benny laugh."

The public lands are a public stock, which ought to be disposed of to the best advantage for the nation.

All revolutions in history have obstacles. There is not a revolution that succes.