The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been, that the boys want to be something, while the men want to do something.

The chief cause of problems is solutions.

Never underestimate your listener’s intelligence, or overestimate you listener’s information.

Words themselves become beings, sentences becomenatural vegetation to be guided by the gardener’s hands.

You can’t know who you are, as a nation or a people, unless you know where you’ve been.

The five happiest people I have ever met all had this strange little quirk of referring to their jobs as a ‘calling.’

I’m sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.

There are only two kinds of people in the world, suckers and people that can be had. Everyone can be had, but a sucker will always bet you $50 that he can’t be had. Maybe magicians are around to remind us we can all be had, so we don’t become suckers.

The major cause of problems are solutions.

Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves.