A lot of tight Senate races out there. Let's hit those chips with another dash of salsa, Ed Bradley.

This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.

Never eat spinach just before going on the air.

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

[My job is] a very high trapeze act, frequently with no net.

Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.

A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.

A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.

An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people.

You didn't play baseball that well with two hands. How do you think you're going to make it with one? "If you're just going to tell me what I can't do, you can leave.

Elton John's home is laden with trinkets and books relating to Satanism and witchcraft.

Personally, I think Jesus would like better bands.

Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.

The use of pirated software in China is really quite a sizeable loss to our software producers.

There are no fascinating people, only their works are fascinating.

What happened to the writer is not what matters; what matters is the large sense that the writer is able to make of what happened.

The fact is that Americans are not a thoughtful people; they are too busy to stop and question their values.