With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.

Power in America today is control of the means of communication.

There is no excitement anywhere in the world, short of war, to match the excitement of the American presidential campaign.

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.

I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of grays and lavenders, two rivers shaping it to a point and the cliff rising above me like a challenge.

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on this planet.

He who is created by television can be destroyed by television.

When a reporter sits down at the typewriter, he’s nobody’s friend.

The best time to listen to a politician is when he's on a stump on a street corner in the rain late at night when he's exhausted. Then he doesn't lie.

You can't get unless you give. And you have to give without wanting to get.

Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy.

Sometimes it seems that to exit this world, they must go through my heart, leaving me scarred and sore.

The best way to predict your success is to work for it.

People can learn a lot from one another if their need to be right falls away.

I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial.

I took her by the hand and my heart it was thumpin'. When she said, hey man, you crazy or somethin'?

It's the moon that makes it so still, weaving some mystery.

In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic.

If only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!

My father has taught me all the tricks of the boys at an early age, which has made me very careful.

If I want to win a title I have to beat the champion myself, I don't have teammates inside the ring.