I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
We bear the world and we make it... There was never a great man who had not a great mother - it is hardly an exaggeration.
The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
I got up the third step and reached for the fourth, but it wasn't there.
The two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a big fat white guy who is threatened by change.