The American way is the way most law-abiding Americans live - in debt. Does this make a balanced budget un-American?

Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

After our ages-long journey from savagery to civility, let's hope we haven't bought a round-trip ticket.

Strangers are what friends are made of.

We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.

Discipline without freedom is tyranny; freedom without discipline is chaos.

The only way some of us exercise our minds is by jumping to conclusions.

The human body was designed to walk, run or stop; it wasn't built for coasting.

We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can.

The prime of life is that fleeting time between green and over-ripe.

It takes great courage to break with one's past history and stand alone.

People who have any kind of illness use humor as a type of coping.

I'm not psychic, but my lyrics are.

What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.

A little blood never bothers me.

I can't control what everyone else swims but if all goes well I know there are no limits.

How can you not love a man banging on the drums? He knows how to keep a rhythm.

You are loved, and your purpose is to love.

I think that's what you and I have in common, Donatella Versace, that careful balance. It makes me proud to be an Italian. In the end, I am proud to do what I do.

There is a fountain inside you. Don't walk around with an empty bucket.