Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.
A joke's a very serious thing.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.
Your world is made of your memories, and your memories are given to you by your world. The whispering voice of happenstance is always in our ears. 'This is the world. This is the way things are. Look. Pay attention. Remember.'
I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me they are wonderful things for other people to go on.
Beware the pull on your heartstrings -- it's often the pursestrings that are actually being reached for.