Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.

Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.

Find a man with both feet firmly on the ground and you've found a man about to make a difficult putt.

A decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee.

Never give up. For fifty years they said the horse was through. Now look at him - a status symbol.

Finally it has penetrated my thick skull. This life-this moment-is no dress rehearsal. This is it.

The convention is the voice, the bone and the sinews of a political party-and sometimes it even nominates an Abraham Lincoln.

how sad and bad and mad it was - but then, how it was sweet

One day I might feel Mean, And squinched up inside, Like a mouth sucking on a Lemon.The next day I couldFeelWhole and happyAnd right, Like an unbitten apple.

Apropos, you're going to have to learn to sooner or later that you can't just let other people decide what the world around you should and shouldn't be.

Your ability to form a strong intention, to concentrate, and to get and stay focused while feeling detached from concerns of daily life—relaxed, open-minded, and emotionally energized—are essential.

Above all things, dragons are loyal. Perhaps that is what makes us to amenable to life with sticks. Our characters are larger than their shortfalls.

Many people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reassuring as it might seem.

The purpose of a system is what it does. There is after all, no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do.

I've decided that I am totally against jewelry. So I have all fake. There's no reason to have real diamonds. People think it's real anyway.

the illusion never really dissipates that you can lose twenty pounds in one night by cutting out dinner.

Humor (is) intrinsitc to Christianity.