The goal of teaching is learning, not teaching.

In the fall of 1972, President Nixon announced that the rate of increase of inflation was decreasing. This was the first time a president used the third derivative to advance his case for reelection.

He then departed, to make himself still more interesting, in the midst of an heavy rain.

Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Look, I learned from your uncle that when the universe turns out to be insane, the wise man embraces insanity.

Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues -- communicating with an audience.

A great country ought not to make little wars.

I had done a sitcom and a movie and hosted the Emmys, and all of a sudden, I lost everything. As someone put it at the time, I was suddenly like a Ferrari in neutral.

In my idea General Washington is the greatest man; for I look upon him as the most virtuous.

You don't get to make their decisions but you do get to choose the decision makers.

You taught me language, and my profit on't / Is, I know how to curse

I have a natural tendency to feel well about the world, I suppose, one way or another. But then there is the problem of pain. There are things like [Abraham] Lincoln's beloved little boy dying.