A few years ago he had a big heart transplant in Chicago, a five-hour operation. It took the doctors four hours to get him on the operating table.

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?

No one party can fool all of the people all of the time; that's why we have two parties

I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money.

My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.

When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.

The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off.

The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.

I don't do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.

Different people remember things differently, and you'll not get any two people to remember anything the same, whether they were there or not.

I am half-sick of shadows,' said The Lady of Shalott.

Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.

Illness is regarded as a crime, and crime is regarded as illness.

A Train was born without any effort - if was like writing a letter to a friend.

Between God and the soul there is no between.

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity.

I am always fascinated when people talk about 'the forging of a nation'. Most nations are forgeries, perpetrated in the last century or so.

Honor and fortune exist for him who always recognizes the neighborhood of the great, always feels himself in the presence of high causes.

I have gone into yesterday and tomorrow and both were as real as today -- which is like the dreams of ghosts!